coco medium, nutes and ph to soil?

goldrusher

goldrusher

Active Member
At the start of my grow i was planning on going hydroponic and growing in coco so i bought all the coco nutes. I have decided i wana grow in soil. If i transplant my plants from jiffy coco cubes into soil and start feeding them soil nutes and using ph 6.8 instead of 5.8 which i use with coco, will it effect my plants?
 
B

Bulldog73

Active Member
There is definetly the possibility of shocking the plant during the transplant. Why switching from Coco to soil and how far along are you?
 
goldrusher

goldrusher

Active Member
I wanted to switch to soil because i read you have to water every day with coco and i dont have the transport to get to my flower room everyday, also i read about magnesium lockout with the coco any advice would be helpful thanks.
 
F

Fisherman Pete

New Member
watering every day with coco is not necessary at all. you can treat it exactly like you do soil, just with the benefit of it being almost impossible to overwater. when flowering i was watering maybe just once every 3 days. there was no diference in watering times when moving from soil to coco, once every 2 days was the most that was required with both. you can also up your pot size to reduce the frequency of watering.

i can't comment on the defficiency but all my plants seemed to finish off very nicely without doing anything but chucking 5ml of A and B into some water, PH, bob was my uncle.
 
goldrusher

goldrusher

Active Member
Fisherman Pete said:
watering every day with coco is not necessary at all. you can treat it exactly like you do soil, just with the benefit of it being almost impossible to overwater. when flowering i was watering maybe just once every 3 days. there was no diference in watering times when moving from soil to coco, once every 2 days was the most that was required with both. you can also up your pot size to reduce the frequency of watering.

i can't comment on the defficiency but all my plants seemed to finish off very nicely without doing anything but chucking 5ml of A and B into some water, PH, bob was my uncle.
Click to expand...
Thanks for the advice do u hand water yours? and are you using canna A and B? Also what type of coco are you using for your big pots im just using coco jiffy cubes at the minute was wondering which is the best coco to use?
 
F

Fisherman Pete

New Member
i have moved on from coco, i have a habbit of doing 2 runs in each emdium before wanting to try something different.

i just used canna coco, canna A + B, canna PK 13/14 and canna boost. the latter two being good but are not essential in any way. i hand watered every second or third day, when the pot was dry. with coco it doesn't matter if you water when it's not dry, it will run off if not needed, that is one of the reasons why coco is so great.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top