Recirculating Top Feed Coco grow. smart pots coir 4x4 flood trays perpetual.

[doniawon]

so the table that i flooded 2 times a day for 15 min, for 2 weeks straight dryed up and the out come was not good. lesson learned.. Today im going to get some 1 gallon bags and transplant them back to the veg room hopefully they reveg and do better next time lol. i have learned from this. If you transplant a small plant into a large container in coco, you only need to water once every 3 to 4 days.. let that pot dry so the roots grow.. once they fill the pot water at will?? here they are before i dig them up.. View attachment 2411438View attachment 2411439

i will be reusing the coco. i have floraclear and im just gonna rinse it well and replant some of my 3 gallon veggers.
Ill be doing this in about 10 days when my old hydro table gets emptied...

 

[doniawon]

now the other table is doing way better... I have fat white roots growing out the bottom of the 5 gallon smart pots!! i wanted to do the 20 plants per table but im now forced to do 10 per table x 1kw light per table.. plants are 8 days in flower and are around 25-30 inches tall atm.. picture. View attachment 2411436View attachment 2411437

i use to cover my tables with panda and flood every hour to create an aero/ebb/flow set up... i will be covering my tables again with panda so the roots can take over the table over the next few weeks.

here a pic of my old hydro with the covered tables for an idea. ill just cut large holes for my smart pots and i use cheap clamps from home depot for hold the plastic tight on the tables..

 

[doniawon]

so i did it. View attachment 2411830View attachment 2411831View attachment 2411833 now its 10 per 4x4, ill be doing these tomorrowView attachment 2411836

 

[doniawon]

and these View attachment 2411841are now thes3View attachment 2411844i might throw these out or i might replant tomorrow and stick them in the corner of the veg room

 

[doniawon]

update.. both tables are covered plants are growing well.. roots are going crazy out of the bottom of the 5 gallon smart pots.. root porn to comeView attachment 2415565View attachment 2415566View attachment 2415567View attachment 2415568

 

[doniawon]

View attachment 2416715View attachment 2416716View attachment 2416717View attachment 2416718View attachment 2416719 new pictures.. i was worried that they wouldnt fill the 4x4 area, but now at the end of week two, i think they will be just fine.. the roots are just starting to creep into the grooves of the flood trays!!.. i put 10 new plants in the bloom room. they are in 2 gallon plastic bags.. im going to to bloom them a week in the bag then repot them in smart pots at the end of the first week. im waiting for these big ones to finish then ill put in two more 4x4s

 

[doniawon]

the plants are wanting to be watered everyday now.. so in the next day or so im gonna put the drippers back to work... im gonna start with one flood a day. if the roots grow into the tray like i think they are going too i may go two floods a day at around week 4?

 

[SFguy]

+rep bro im subscribed, and really suprised at the lack of attention your getting here you have a clean setup and some skills to man keep up the great work! stop by my thread anytime too the 2200 watt flower room 1400 for veg link is in my signature

 

[doniawon]

+rep bro im subscribed, and really suprised at the lack of attention your getting here you have a clean setup and some skills to man keep up the great work! stop by my thread anytime too the 2200 watt flower room 1400 for veg link is in my signature

Will do! Thanks a bunch

 

[zibra]

I've been using coco for years now, coco does well with dripping system or just feeding by hand....I use 3 gallon 100% coco and I feed by hand, I'm in flowering now and I feed 1000 liter every 3-4 hours depending on my lights....I myself too tried flooding table but the end result was not to my satisfaction, try feeding by hand and see what happens.

 

[doniawon]

I have been hand feeding drain to waste. When i set the drippers up on a 2 flood cycle, i drowned them.. This is my first time using coco so im still dialing in the watering times... also the feed strengths.. if anyone has any suggestions let me know?

I appreciate the info. Im pretty sure im going to 3 gallons pots.. has anyone had luck flowering in 2 gallon bags? looking to grow 2 oz plants. 15 per light 1kw???

this jack diesel i am growing gets so damn big i think if i only had two of these things on a 4x4 with a months veg on em' they would fill my 4x4 area no problem.. im going to take pics of the jackdiesel and the dj short blueberry that im keeping.. im harvesting tomorrow.

 

[doniawon]

these guys are the 20 plants i drowned from my first attempt at putting 15 inch party cup plants in to 5 gallons. they have new growth and are revegging!

 

[doniawon]

and the two tables of 10.. doing okay but nothing special at all... im watering when the pots are dry.. boring.. probably goin back to hydro after i run thesealso some pics of some 2 gallon bags 1 weeks in to flower and 3 days into flower.

 

[H3artl3zz]

i know this thread is kinda old but did you take down the pictures?

 

[H3artl3zz]

nevermind, soon as i made ask the question the pictures appeared

 

[doniawon]

i could update.. they turned out okay. ill get about 12 zips, enough to pay bills and do it again. my other plants are mostly in 3 gallon bags and they are doing well but im making the switch back to hydro.. 4"inch rockwool on 6"inch rockwool... hydro in my opinion is just way easier, with alot more control. faster growth rates and larger harvest.. i might do a journal with the rw in some weeks, the rest of my coco is pretty run of the mill.