First Time in Coco-Coir ( questions )

mkultra999 said:

Here are some pics, 16 days old, a little overwatered trying to dial the nutes

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Star Dog said:

You can't over water coco after the seedling stage, even then it's difficult.

For reference 26 days old
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You were told above what to do, run off is essential.

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Lou66 said:

Then he's lying or doing 'coco amended soil'.

Drain to waste coco is basically hydroponics. You have an inert medium containing 0 nutrients and add all nutrients with the irrigation water (fertigation). When you give plain water the nutrients are flushed out and the plant is left with nothing. In hydroponics plant react very quickly so one day without nutrients. After three days the deficiency cant be missed.

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mkultra999 said:

Daym fire man HOT!!!

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mkultra999 said:

How can I like someones message I dont see any buttons.

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mkultra999 said:

How can I like someones message I dont see any buttons.

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mkultra999 said:

Cant it be that he doesnt catch any run-off and a second nute less watering is needed, would be hard not to overferd then cause of the unused nutes

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Triplefastaction said:

Q1- can’t answer, depends on your plant. But I feed the same ppm from about 2 weeks til I flip

Q2- strongly recommend you don’t use a 5g pot unless you intend to grow a 12’+ tall plant. 2g is plenty big for coco. Big pot will only bring big problems, especially as it relates to watering.

Q3 - see above kinda. Big pot, small plant = issues. But in coco, you should have some runoff daily once the roots fill out the pot. But again, by the time you fill a 5g pot you are gonna have a 10’ tall plant…
NEVER let your coco go dry. Daily feeding (multiple times per day preferred) daily dryback, but never dry.

good luck!

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Star Dog said:

Thank you, following the advice above will get you similar results with the right environment.

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erbsta said:

There are exceptions to this.
5g is excessive unless you're growing 1 plant in say a 1 m2 space and you need to veg and train for longer to fill the space out.
I've been growing for a very long time (yeah, I'm old AF now lol) and my go to is 16lt pots. I grow less plants and veg for longer, this gives me a higher yield than any other methods. My average is around 900 - 1,000g in a 1.2 area. The watts I can cram into that area are also pretty high


It won't at all. If this guy thinks he's found a Coco hack then he's mistaken. Ding that his weed is 'pure fire' says a lot about age and experience.
Does this guy even pH adjust the water?
It's just someone treating Coco as if it's soiled and knowing nothing about the medium, or hydroponics in general.
He's going to get lower yields and plants that are likely to throw up a ton of deficiencies over time.
He's a lucky idiot at best

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Star Dog said:

We all had start somewhere come on cut him some slack, if he follows the advice given by the others regarding run off he'll get results and in time he/she will improve.

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