MickFoster
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Coco is hydroponics......it should never be dry.
Coco holds 30% oxygen when completely saturated.
Coco holds 30% oxygen when completely saturated.
Yes, coco is great for keeping O2 at the roots, I also mix 25% or more of Perlite into my Coco, the medium cannot be over watered and always has O2 available for roots.Mixed reviews everywhere i have been reading that coco growers page and that states no need to let dry out as there is enough oxygen in the coco to have it saturated in nutrients
This may be true but I did not know that. And I've never had troubles letting it dry out completely each and every time in between waterings. That said, my next go around is going to be multiple waterings a day never letting it dry...just to see.Just be careful, everything I have ever read states you never let coco dry out completely.
I noticed a HUGE difference when adjusting from feeding incorrectly every other day, to feeding daily. Hope you have as much improvement as I did.This may be true but I did not know that. And I've never had troubles letting it dry out completely each and every time in between waterings. That said, my next go around is going to be multiple waterings a day never letting it dry...just to see.
Some pics of my last round. Small pots that I watered every other day. Lots of run off and let dry before rewatering.
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Maybe by watering more frequently I can do even better. We'll see.
Wow - That's really exciting. Can't wait to try. I assume you did not start this until you had a nice root system established?I noticed a HUGE difference when adjusting from feeding incorrectly every other day, to feeding daily. Hope you have as much improvement as I did.
This may be true but I did not know that. And I've never had troubles letting it dry out completely each and every time in between waterings. That said, my next go around is going to be multiple waterings a day never letting it dry...just to see.
Some pics of my last round. Small pots that I watered every other day. Lots of run off and let dry before rewatering.
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Maybe by watering more frequently I can do even better. We'll see.
Yes. Everything I've grown is fully documented in my journal if you were looking for details. When I started the autoflower pair I started feeding daily. The trunks were huge and side branching with huge ring knuckles at their base.Wow - That's really exciting. Can't wait to try. I assume you did not start this until you had a nice root system established?
I will certainly be reading it.Yes. Everything I've grown is fully documented in my journal if you were looking for details. When I started the autoflower pair I started feeding daily. The trunks were huge and side branching with huge ring knuckles at their base.
After years of using the same nutrients I don't bother checking EC either. I've memorized how much to measure out to get the EC I want. I also never bother checking runoff. I run a lower EC than many people and way less than some of the feed chart recommendations for numerous nutrient brands. I'm convinced that many of the problems some growers have is from overfeeding. That and adding numerous additives that change the balance of the feed. For instance I see many growers completely stopping nitrogen in flower and using multiple bloom enhancers / high P&K and nothing else. That can lead to nutrient antagonism which will lock out needed nutrients making them unavailable to the plant.I think you're making this more complicated than you should........I haven't owned a ppm/ec meter in 25 years.
Start at 1/4 of the recommended strength for your nutes and increase from there as the plant grows.
I use MaxiBloom.......1 tsp is full strength........I start at 1/4 tsp.
What strain is this, it looks so nice. What seed bank do you use?This may be true but I did not know that. And I've never had troubles letting it dry out completely each and every time in between waterings. That said, my next go around is going to be multiple waterings a day never letting it dry...just to see.
Some pics of my last round. Small pots that I watered every other day. Lots of run off and let dry before rewatering.
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Maybe by watering more frequently I can do even better. We'll see.
Your leaves have a bit of cupping going on. What are your temperatures like, and light height?So i upped the ec to 1.2 as run off was never much higher with the 2 waterings a day..
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