Hempy bucket: coco w/ perlite, or perlite alone?

gr865

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If you want to know the best way to grow in coco, this is the best site with the best advice.......www.cocoforcannabis.com.
I've been growing in coco for many years and it's simple........feed daily to run off, pH'd to 6.0......never plain water......and never, ever let it dry out.
Good luck.
Mick, I pH to 5.8 and let it drift to 6.2 or so. Never every plain water or allow it to dry. Good advice.
 

Kndreyn

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If you want to know the best way to grow in coco, this is the best site with the best advice.......www.cocoforcannabis.com.
I've been growing in coco for many years and it's simple........feed daily to run off, pH'd to 6.0......never plain water......and never, ever let it dry out.
Good luck.
A lot of good info there. Thanks for the link. I've got a lot of reading to do!
 

printer

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This was an experiment with clones from one plant. Coco and perlite on the left them perlite alone. Then DWC and double the size of pot for coco and perlite.

 

printer

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Looking like it’s coco perlite big bucket hempy for the win
Yeah but is you were inclined to the 2 liter pop bottle works well given the amount of media and footprint on the ground. I am sure I could have got a larger plant out of the big bucket if I veg'ed it longer, I think all of them could have been bigger. But I had them outside and the sun determined the veg time. I am using a coco/perlite mix on this run, also an organic soil mix for hydro that is said to have little in the way of nutrients. I will try the coco against a DWC next time.
 

Rakin

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Yeah but is you were inclined to the 2 liter pop bottle works well given the amount of media and footprint on the ground. I am sure I could have got a larger plant out of the big bucket if I veg'ed it longer, I think all of them could have been bigger. But I had them outside and the sun determined the veg time. I am using a coco/perlite mix on this run, also an organic soil mix for hydro that is said to have little in the way of nutrients. I will try the coco against a DWC next time.

How much did you get out of the 2 liter pop bottles? I used to get around a 10-14 grams out of 1 liter bottles.
 

printer

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How much did you get out of the 2 liter pop bottles? I used to get around a 10-14 grams out of 1 liter bottles.
Don't remember, sorry.

On the benefits of different media, I found some interesting information from a link in the Led forum.


I might be inclined to compare coco and perlite to coco and vermiculite. The perlite is good for aeration, rinsed coco is already pretty good, but the vermiculite holds nutrients.
 

Cupboard guy

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if it contains P and K, then it's not inert. that's the correct answer.

An inert grow medium is a type of grow media that contains no nutrients.
I’m no expert but I always knew there was trace elements in there but nothing of real significance and thought it was referred to as inert because the total some of nutrients is too small for any effect. In essence I think you’re both right. Just looking from opposite sides.
It’s just terminology stolen by the layman to describe things very few of us are experts on.
 

Jmerc

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rockwool sucks too IMO. it's either too wet or too dry.

rapid rooters. i start my seeds in a small aero unit and then it goes right into the hydroton/growstones/soil/coco/perlite/ etc.
I was thinking Rockwool, doing all perlite btw, but you think rapid rooters are a lot more effective than and better to manage?
 

Jmerc

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Don't remember, sorry.

On the benefits of different media, I found some interesting information from a link in the Led forum.


I might be inclined to compare coco and perlite to coco and vermiculite. The perlite is good for aeration, rinsed coco is already pretty good, but the vermiculite holds nutrients.
When you say vermiculite holds nutrients, is that a good thing or a bad thing?
 
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