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ANC · May 20, 2012

Naah, its a seedling, it can sustain itself up to a few true leaves' size. its realy easier to kill with overcaring than neglect.

Patient0 · May 20, 2012

Okay, well I'll just leave em then. Probably and water them a cup or so each day or two until i repot. Thx man!

del66666 · May 21, 2012

Patient0 said:
So I'm havong some trouble here with some little guys. I planted in 100% canna coco, and they look like they're having issues. I'm not sure if I need to add soem perlite, to help the drainage....I thought they were overwatered, but I thougth it was hard to overwater coco. Here is a log of what happened to them, and what they look like now. Help! lol The third guy looks epsecially rough.

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bit difficult to over water in coco.......need to let seedlings get a little dry to make the roots search for food n water............feed week nutes from the start and ph 5.5-5.8

Patient0 · May 21, 2012

i had watered, after i let them dry out a bit, most look okay now, but I have one problem plant still that worries me. He is yellowish, all leaves are drooping and generally looks like shit. The rest look a bit better, still a tad yellow, but showing growth. this guy just gets droopier.

missnu · May 21, 2012

Just let it dry before you water again...and when you next water when it is nearly all the way dry again, use any nutes very lightly...on seedlings it is easy to overdo it...I will put like 1/8 tsp in the water and then pH to the right level. I go up by quarters of tsp a week til I get to a whole tsp and I stick there for a few waterings...then I go up to 2...then once in flower I might go up to 3 tsp ever other time...and the inbetween times they get 2 tsp per gallon of water of each a + B...

Patient0 · May 21, 2012

to save nutes, is it legit to water the pots until runoff with plain water, and then add like 2L or so of water with the nutes? or should I nute the whole amount of water I add? also, I was going to water until runoff because I have read about salts building up. what do ya'all coco users think? ahould i just water 500ml to 1L, and water to runoff every couple times I water?

Gaz118118 · May 21, 2012

Hey bro,

I am currently growing in 75/25 coco and perlite mix and tend to water with nutes to get quite a good run off, say between 20-25%. I have found that its kind of like a mini flush, but with nutes, or thats the conversation I have in my head everytime I do it! I have not had any ill effects so it seems to work! Hope that helps a bit mate.

nas2007 · May 21, 2012

Patient0 said:
to save nutes, is it legit to water the pots until runoff with plain water, and then add like 2L or so of water with the nutes? or should I nute the whole amount of water I add? also, I was going to water until runoff because I have read about salts building up. what do ya'all coco users think? ahould i just water 500ml to 1L, and water to runoff every couple times I water?

Growing in coco you want to water always with nutes and always water with 25%+ run off, if you wanna save nutes then I suggest to use autopots all tought you will have to flush every month or so

nas2007 · May 21, 2012

Patient0 said:
i had watered, after i let them dry out a bit, most look okay now, but I have one problem plant still that worries me. He is yellowish, all leaves are drooping and generally looks like shit. The rest look a bit better, still a tad yellow, but showing growth. this guy just gets droopier.
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Are you using nutes on him??

Patient0 · May 21, 2012

They sprouted on the 3-5th of may and had a dry spell where i couldn't water them and lost a bunch. I then repotted and have them some water and nothing except a handwater until today. I have only given them water since seed, no nutes.

nas2007 · May 21, 2012

Have you tryd adding a root stimulater like rhizotonic ? And seedling feed?

Patient0 · May 22, 2012

I germed them in rhizo, and give them a misting every two days or so. I just added some weak nutes today with a watering, I have them 500ML each. should i add some rhizo to my nute solution? or should i add it every other, and feed every other?

del66666 · May 22, 2012

Gaz118118 said:
Hey bro,

I am currently growing in 75/25 coco and perlite mix and tend to water with nutes to get quite a good run off, say between 20-25%. I have found that its kind of like a mini flush, but with nutes, or thats the conversation I have in my head everytime I do it! I have not had any ill effects so it seems to work! Hope that helps a bit mate.

i really dont understand this flushing...........if you nute each time with run off you are pushing the old stuff out........there is no need to flush with plain water unless you fuck up

del66666 · May 22, 2012

nas2007 said:
Are you using nutes on him??

apparently not for some reason..........

Gaz118118 · May 22, 2012

del66666 said:
i really dont understand this flushing...........if you nute each time with run off you are pushing the old stuff out........there is no need to flush with plain water unless you fuck up

I know it doesn't sound like it makes sense but it seems to work okay! My theory is that all of the old nutes just sitting about gets moved on for some new ones! So are you saying its better to not have such a big run off as 20-25%? I'm new to this scene so don't go shooting the messenger, just yet. I am only giving advice on my experience so far

del66666 · May 22, 2012

Gaz118118 said:
I know it doesn't sound like it makes sense but it seems to work okay! My theory is that all of the old nutes just sitting about gets moved on for some new ones! So are you saying its better to not have such a big run off as 20-25%? I'm new to this scene so don't go shooting the messenger, just yet. I am only giving advice on my experience so far

i guess we all have our ways and probably they all work but in the time ive used coco ive never flushed with plain water and my plants always do well, i know peeps who hardly give any run off and some who bottom feed......i reckon 20-25 is a bit over the top though just wasting nutes .............and i feed every other day when established so nothing is sitting in the pot for long like soil....or more if there is a need.........i also feed from the start .......

del66666 · May 22, 2012

sorry gaz i thought you had said you flush with plain water, must get my eyes tested........

Patient0 · May 22, 2012

del66666 said:
apparently not for some reason..........

i just germinated these guys at the beginning of the month, and I gave them some today.

del66666 · May 22, 2012

Patient0 said:
i just germinated these guys at the beginning of the month, and I gave them some today.

good to hear, i know lots of peeps say no to nutes in coco from day 1 but the way i see it is compost has nutes from the start and it does the plants no harm so there really isnt any harm using nutes from germination when using coco....

Gaz118118 · May 22, 2012

del66666 said:
sorry gaz i thought you had said you flush with plain water, must get my eyes tested........

Haha no worries mate, just smoke another and it will straighten your eyes right out, no test needed

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