Fox Farm and Coco Question + rep for good help

tje22

Well-Known Member

• Jan 10, 2011

• #1

I was wondering what everyone thought about this. I have one 1.5cf bag of ffof, with 1cf of ff light warrior, and 5 gal of perlight mixed together. I was just going to use this mix but it turns out im going to need alot more substrate then originally planned.

Since fox farm is so expensive, I was wondering if i could mix coco with it? I already have 7 blocks of it on hand. If so how much could i mix in before having to change the ph of my water? I plan on using the three main fox farm nutes, would it also meen Ill have to supplement Cal Mag?

Any help is greatly appreciated and + Repped

 

tje22

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• Jan 10, 2011

• #2

wow think i posted this in the wrong place. it was on the 2nd page already. lol

 

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wannaquickee

Well-Known Member

• Jan 10, 2011

• #3

mix it with sunshine mix 4 will be cheaper in the end

 

tje22

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• Jan 10, 2011

• #4

Thanx for the input +rep. I was thinking the coco because I already have it. If i buy more it will prolly be pro-mix, not because its better then sunshine mix 4 but because its slightly cheaper.

 

Snow Crash

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• Jan 10, 2011

• #5

wannaquickee said:

mix it with sunshine mix 4 will be cheaper in the end

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I dunno about that...

You'll be fine with the coco peat. You can run it with organics like that without having to worry about using a hydroponic pH. Coco does a lot of self buffering.

You could run into that calcium issue if you are using more than 50% coco. Cal-mag is cheap enough though.

 

tje22

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• Jan 10, 2011

• #6

Thanks alot! +rep How much do you recomend mixing into it? The coco is in a compressed block "general hydroponics Cocotek" is what its called.

 

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wannaquickee

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• Jan 10, 2011

• #7

sure it would be cheap coco is 20 bucks a bag.. i didnt know he was used the expansible kind..

 

tje22

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• Jan 10, 2011

• #8

Sorry I should have clarified.

 

ak47caretaker

Active Member

• Jan 10, 2011

• #9

u can mix 50/50 coco is basically neutral in ph it holds water and air well, u could also use it for your growing medium if you want to go hydro. as for the cal- mag get some dolimite lime it has cal-mag in it, hope i helped u ...good luck

 

tje22

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• Jan 10, 2011

• #10

Thanks for the advise, It's well taken. +rep man

 

tje22

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• Jan 10, 2011

• #11

Oh by the way I dont know if im supposed to do this but i need some opinions on my other problem too. Here is the link, https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/399019-help-dr120t.html