going to do a coco grow and i am looking for tips

one of the biggest things in coco is to remember thats its NOT hydro, and its NOT soil. it has its own requirements and quirks. if you ph to 5.8, you're going to have bad Mag problems. you want to ph to 6.1.
if the maker of your coco pre charges it, you can pretty much use it without worrying about anything, if they don't you not only have to give it extra C and Mag, you have to be aware that once its full, those things all of a sudden become very easy for your plants to get, as the coco will quit absorbing it. that usually happens about the third week of flower. (at least in my experience)
pure coco is very heavy, even though it has excellent aeration. i like to mix in at least 30% perlite to aid drainage.

Roger A. Shrubber said:

one of the biggest things in coco is to remember thats its NOT hydro, and its NOT soil. it has its own requirements and quirks. if you ph to 5.8, you're going to have bad Mag problems. you want to ph to 6.1.
if the maker of your coco pre charges it, you can pretty much use it without worrying about anything, if they don't you not only have to give it extra C and Mag, you have to be aware that once its full, those things all of a sudden become very easy for your plants to get, as the coco will quit absorbing it. that usually happens about the third week of flower. (at least in my experience)
pure coco is very heavy, even though it has excellent aeration. i like to mix in at least 30% perlite to aid drainage.

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thanngs mate for airation all i had was rice hulls im to poor atm to ger perlight so was going to use that or straight coco i cant remember what epse i was gunna say lol is it possable to wet it more often but a waeker solution with lest water i and can i use jiffys and can i use great white and rhizo probly going to get some roots exelurater im considering maybe smaler pots more so with cuse it will mean wore exp with the hole phing thing

giglewigle said:

i feel ya bro dident mean to sound like a cunt but he rubed me the wrong way like tjeres some complete assholse on this site but its like u can handle tjat but not some bad grahmer besides that right there was a nice draft of what i wanted to post i dont think that response was outta line but if jpsy dog was upset i happy to comunicate with him about it .....iv all ready read all i think iv read i dident wanna start another thread was gunna write down shit to do with the grow and if i have some kimd of def from ph or what not but mostly wanna write shit dow cuse o dont wanna forget but i dont wanna have the actual stuff written down on my pc u grow coco bro

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Third grade 2 times??? Bet you live like you communicate.

heres my thc bomb only one ended up germing i pretty mutch ignored it for a week or two lol dident mist it havent foliyered it or watered it the jiffy was pretty wet tho though id uploed a pic or two of it i hope it turns out to be a female i thought it wouldneed a feed way before now tho itsnot showing any signs of being un healthy im gunna ph some water tonight tho and and mist i kinda wanna leave it alone tho it seems to do good when i leveit alone without further ado heres a pic of when it 1st germen and a week later i think not 100 percent on the dates 1st pic us a bit blury i just checked the 2cnd pic is exactly 7 days before the 1st an im sure 1st pic is the 1st or second day above ground so im gunna say this is a week old so far i havent killed it im i bit optamistic i can do this to make it another week thats goal now lolill probgive it a folyer of rhizo tho i wan to be able to up pot soon

giglewigle said:

title pretty mutch says it all im going 100 percent coco brand of coco is hygen one part cornucopia veg and same but the flowering one im looking for tips and things 2 avoid tips and tricks if u will my only experience is with soil im a chronic over waterer this is my 1st time phing and ppm ing nd sutch i figure keep it simple and follow the directions on the bottle so i dont think ill really need 2 check the ppms but ye iv got a humidity dome and jiffy pellets and a heating pad should i germinate in the jiffy pellets then transfer to the pot when roots start coming out of the jiffy or put straight into a pot once the seed sprouts how long should i wait till i feed thhere is directions for seedlings ie how manny mills but ye any tips hints and tricks would be mutch apreciated couldent really find any coco threads any advice would be very mutch appreciated thanks in advance

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These are done in 1 gallon Coco/perlite using Nectar for the God's nutes the Greek feeding schedule. Under a 500w COB grow light I built. See this is a few months old if still have any questions I'll help if I can

Shawndeadhead said:

These are done in 1 gallon Coco/perlite using Nectar for the God's nutes the Greek feeding schedule. Under a 500w COB grow light I built. See this is a few months old if still have any questions I'll help if I can
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thankx man youre plants look pretty dank im at day sevon now i havent watered it yet the jiffy was oretty wet i used rice hulls cuse it was what i had

giglewigle said:

thankx man youre plants look pretty dank im at day sevon now i havent watered it yet the jiffy was oretty wet i used rice hulls cuse it was what i had

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Thanks Those were at week 7 of flower, had to start tying them up, large colas falling over with weight lol.

im probly going to pretty mutch 12 12 this just to see like am i better of doinfg a smaller pot and watering it 3 times a day or am i better off bigger pot and watering it once every 3 days

heres another pic of the thc bomb i think i about 2 weeks in its not dead yet lol

is it just me or do those leaves look really indica hope i got a good pheno cuse its the only one that germed

they sure do

Roger A. Shrubber said:

one of the biggest things in coco is to remember thats its NOT hydro, and its NOT soil. it has its own requirements and quirks. if you ph to 5.8, you're going to have bad Mag problems. you want to ph to 6.1.
if the maker of your coco pre charges it, you can pretty much use it without worrying about anything, if they don't you not only have to give it extra C and Mag, you have to be aware that once its full, those things all of a sudden become very easy for your plants to get, as the coco will quit absorbing it. that usually happens about the third week of flower. (at least in my experience)
pure coco is very heavy, even though it has excellent aeration. i like to mix in at least 30% perlite to aid drainage.

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I say treat your coco just like hydro and you can have amazing results.
I grew this plant Drain To Waste using the Lucas Formula with CalMagic @ 900 ppm, fed 3 times daily.
Swamp Boys - Horace (Banana Og x Nigerian Haze) 5 gallons straight coco 12 weeks in flower.
Harvested 12 oz

Bakersfield said:

I say treat your coco just like hydro and you can have amazing results.
I grew this plant Drain To Waste using the Lucas Formula with CalMagic @ 900 ppm, fed 3 times daily.
Swamp Boys - Horace (Banana Og x Nigerian Haze) 5 gallons straight coco 12 weeks in flower.
Harvested 12 oz
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How long do you veg?

This was grown from seed and they vegged about 3 weeks under a hps after spending the seedling stage under T5's.
I hand watered daily during veg and turned her at about 16 inches. She stretched over 3x for the first month and I had to supercrop her repeatedly to keep her under 4 feet.

higher self said:

How long do you veg?

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im a noob at thismhacent really sone it enoufht to no but im thinking 5 or 6 weeks should do it

My veg time varies but im vegging longer now & in bigger pots. Vegging while the flowering tents are full then when the run is over I have some nicely vegged & trained plants. So pretty much at least 5-6 weeks veg.

I like to supercrop as well but started doing it along with the manifold style of growing so I have 8 main colas.

I bet it was the haze that made her stretch so much but looks like you handled her well @Bakersfield It funny the sativas im currently running bush out more than stretching up. Im due to run a good haze cross soon!

higher self said:

My veg time varies but im vegging longer now & in bigger pots. Vegging while the flowering tents are full then when the run is over I have some nicely vegged & trained plants. So pretty much at least 5-6 weeks veg.

I like to supercrop as well but started doing it along with the manifold style of growing so I have 8 main colas.

I bet it was the haze that made her stretch so much but looks like you handled her well @Bakersfield It funny the sativas im currently running bush out more than stretching up. Im due to run a good haze cross soon!

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I try to do that as well. Start my seeds a week or 2 into flower and by the time the flower room opens up I'm ready to put the new ones in.
Those Swamp Boys fems were weird maybe 2 out of the 6 pack had real vigor and the other 4 were hohum. Some serious hybrid vigor. They were heavy feeders Not 2 hazey in the final product, but still vibrant.
I also reuse my coco Not really sure if that helps or hinders

im proboebly not going to be able 2 feed it every day cuse its in a 5 gall lol its only about halfway filled tho but god dam your guyses plants look good

giglewigle said:

im proboebly not going to be able 2 feed it every day cuse its in a 5 gall lol its only about halfway filled tho but god dam your guyses plants look good

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Thanks.
Once your plants have established a good root ball and If you have adequate drainage, you can water coco as often as you like, but try not to let it dry out, like you would soil. Drying out causes nutrient imbalances from my experience.

Bakersfield said:

Thanks.
Once your plants have established a good root ball and If you have adequate drainage, you can water coco as often as you like, but try not to let it dry out, like you would soil. Drying out causes nutrient imbalances from my experience.

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kk so far its 48c in my grow room lol plant is not streesed at all im thinking now im gunna go hard when summers over lol only just started and i cant afford ac so next year i defenetly down wanna be growing in summer lol ur plants look fucken dank and looks like you yielded alot im still pretty new at this but based on youre pics i dont think it really maters organic vs salts it seems to me its all about how u use it but daum bro thats skills 12 oz how many plants was that or wss it the one in the 5 gall holy shit lol how did it smoke