So you're using straight cocoa and then adding nutrients daily I am kind of new to the whole deal what kind of nutrients are you using or should I use
I tried the Kind Soil for an "easy" first grow. It was a headache all the way through.
I was nervous switching to coco after seeing the "work" involved and people saying issues pop up fast, PPM's, stricter PH etc.
I went straight coco on top of 2" perlite. I'm using Canna Coco nutes. Mixing to about 1/2 their light feed schedule. Watering to about 10% runoff daily (sometimes I skip a day if I'm sick or lazy and plants in smaller containers complain when I do). I don't check PPM and I only check PH of my mixed nutes 1 or 2 times/week as the canna nutes bring my water to the correct PH.
Turns out the "more work" involved is just mixing the nutes. It's less work overall as there's no guessing what's in the soil, how long it'll last, when to water, how much to water. Plus, as long as you have good drainage, you cannot over water coco. I dump 1.5 gallons of water/nutes through 3.5 gallons of coco daily. I'm sure I'm wasting nutes but the payoff will be worth it compared to my last grow.
I chose Canna nutes as they're formulated for coco so I figured they'd be my best bet for my first foray into coco.
Last grow I would stare at my plants wondering wtf was wrong. Now I stare and smile.