Need help watering coco

Buddernugs

Buddernugs

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I water my seedlins 1x every 3 days in coco….. I flood the ever living shit out of them on that 3rd day…..once week 3 above ground hits and or I see roots at the bottom of the pot and ample amounts I switch to every two days…..week 4 1x every day….transplant 1x every day…..transplant to final pot 1x every 2 days u till I see roots then 2x a day…..after week 3 flower I go 4x a day at lights on
 
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dizzyground

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euphoria526 said:
Everybody falls into that camp at one point or another lol you can totally overwater seedlings in coco. Ask me how I know

op from initial seedling stage to where your are now is when you don’t give them nutes (maybe a little further past it), I personally don’t give any nutes until the initial 1-2 weeks. Unless the plant looks like it needs it.
for plants that small I’d keep it at water only. But since you did start feeding I’d take it down a little bit. Maybe to about half and see how they react to it. After all you can’t force feed them. Don’t panic they don’t seem too detrimental just keep an eye on them
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Yeh im not panicing, thx :D No nutes in coco? In my books you can never water coco with plain water
 
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dizzyground

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Buddernugs said:
I water my seedlins 1x every 3 days in coco….. I flood the ever living shit out of them on that 3rd day…..once week 3 above ground hits and or I see roots at the bottom of the pot and ample amounts I switch to every two days…..week 4 1x every day….transplant 1x every day…..transplant to final pot 1x every 2 days u till I see roots then 2x a day…..after week 3 flower I go 4x a day at lights on
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Thx actually the info i am looking for. And you must be using smaller pots. I'll give them some time now and see how much the pots weigh tomorrow or day after that.
 
euphoria526

euphoria526

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dizzyground said:
Yeh im not panicing, thx :D No nutes in coco? In my books you can never water coco with plain water
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Yeah that’s what everybody says. Yes I’ve seen people kill seedlings adding nutes too early, myself included.
bit the seed has enough in it for *about* the first week or two ~. That’s when you give it water only. I’ve killed tons of seedlings following this advice, along with the amount of water to use. Shit my last harvest I only watered maybe twice within the first 10 days lol. Do what works for you without killing the plant.
 
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dizzyground

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euphoria526 said:
Yeah that’s what everybody says. Yes I’ve seen people kill seedlings adding nutes too early, myself included.
bit the seed has enough in it for *about* the first week or two ~. That’s when you give it water only. I’ve killed tons of seedlings following this advice, along with the amount of water to use. Shit my last harvest I only watered maybe twice within the first 10 days lol. Do what works for you without killing the plant.
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True true, just be careful to not make unbalanced ions in medium. I start with very low ppms, 200-300. I thought my plan would be easy to just throw them into 10L buckets but that was a stupid idea. Live and learn :D
 
lusidghost

lusidghost

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dizzyground said:
Thx actually the info i am looking for. And you must be using smaller pots. I'll give them some time now and see how much the pots weigh tomorrow or day after that.
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When they're little I water them when they need it. A plant is like a campfire and in the beginning it only needs enough kindling to keep the little cherry alive and slowly growing. Once the fire starts raging it will demand a constant supply of logs. Water logs!
 
euphoria526

euphoria526

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dizzyground said:
True true, just be careful to not make unbalanced ions in medium. I start with very low ppms, 200-300. I thought my plan would be easy to just throw them into 10L buckets but that was a stupid idea. Live and learn :D
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Exactly. My tap provides the low ppms also. Around 240. Then I start feed when the new growth starts coming in/ plants look a little light from low N
 
Buddernugs

Buddernugs

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dizzyground said:
Thx actually the info i am looking for. And you must be using smaller pots. I'll give them some time now and see how much the pots weigh tomorrow or day after that.
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I start off in hydro farm 5x5 by 7” tall pots (.5 us gal)……then to the 7x7x9” tall pots (1.3 us gal)…….then final pot 12x12x12” tall pots (6 us gal)
 
MickFoster

MickFoster

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I start in 1 ltr. airpots...........I feed daily to run off starting around day 3 from sprout.
I transplant to 9 ltr. airpots at 2 weeks from sprout and feed daily to substantial run off.
In flower I feed twice a day to run off.
Been doing it for decades without issue.
But that's just me.
 
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dizzyground

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Buddernugs said:
I start off in hydro farm 5x5 by 7” tall pots (.5 us gal)……then to the 7x7x9” tall pots (1.3 us gal)…….then final pot 12x12x12” tall pots (6 us gal)
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6gallon, thats a big pot. How many of those you have per 5x5? It sounds like they need to be very big bushes before you can hit 4x water a day in flower.

Buddernugs said:
I use cal mag and tap water 150 ppm tap then buffer up to 400 ppm with cal mag untill I see roots
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No nutes? Always 400ppm base or just at start? My tap is only 60ppm, I have put around 100ppm calmag only. Too little?
MickFoster said:
I start in 1 ltr. airpots...........I feed daily to run off starting around day 3 from sprout.
I transplant to 9 ltr. airpots at 2 weeks from sprout and feed daily to substantial run off.
In flower I feed twice a day to run off.
Been doing it for decades without issue.
But that's just me.
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Yeah it doesnt have to be rocket science. Are you getting fully rooted 1L pots in 2week? Thats pretty well done
 
Buddernugs

Buddernugs

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dizzyground said:
6gallon, thats a big pot. How many of those you have per 5x5? It sounds like they need to be very big bushes before you can hit 4x water a day in flower.


No nutes? Always 400ppm base or just at start? My tap is only 60ppm, I have put around 100ppm calmag only. Too little?

Yeah it doesnt have to be rocket science. Are you getting fully rooted 1L pots in 2week? Thats pretty well done
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I grow 1 plant per 4x4 and 5x5….. I 4 way lst so I can get them to Bush out quick image.jpg
 
Buddernugs

Buddernugs

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dizzyground said:
6gallon, thats a big pot. How many of those you have per 5x5? It sounds like they need to be very big bushes before you can hit 4x water a day in flower.


No nutes? Always 400ppm base or just at start? My tap is only 60ppm, I have put around 100ppm calmag only. Too little?

Yeah it doesnt have to be rocket science. Are you getting fully rooted 1L pots in 2week? Thats pretty well done
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400 just to start……I’d bump up to at least 300ppm if your tap is that low
 
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