Malaysian Growers Thread
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myrceneCB1
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That's awesome dude! I see most soil growers making their own nutes. How do you determine the correct dosage for coco?
Is CalMag compulsory for coco growers? What happens if u skip on that lol
myrceneCB1
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coconut fibre has high salt content. You have to wash it well and supplement with cal mag. This is called buffering. There are cation exchange sites in coco that normally contains Na and K+. You want to exchange those with cal mag. This why many coco growers experience cal mag deficiency if they dont buffer their coco first.
uh oh uh oh do i have to do it I just got a white widow autofem seed and I kinda dont wanna kill it
its on the way.. I think ill buy and mix it toois it already planted in the coco? If it is then just check for any calcium/magnesium deficiency
do you need to use it for seedlings or do you add it when you start feeding?
oh no i havent buffered the coco at all its just a premix i bought from shopee with perlite + coco
This is what the place I bought it from says:
• pH 6.3 ( Average +/- 2)
• EC <1000 mS tested at 1: 1.5 Volume Extraction Method.
As for the Coco Mix 10L, the cocopeat has been washed so that the salt content is acceptable to the plants.
is this buffered?
myrceneCB1
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Unless the coco is prewashed x2 and prebuffered like some brands do, I would just wash it again and buffer it. Not worth the headache later when your plants show issues.Hm it says washed not buffered. They could’ve just washed it thoroughly which can reduce the sodium amount however the cation exchange needs to happen. I would still buffer it
w33disaplant
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damn, you malaysia growers got balls!, death penalty for 200g? Fuck their man made law, weed is a plant. Stay blessed!
Sick I bet your plants gonna thank you and give good yields
@myrceneCB1 Bro do you start your seedlings in full light or how? My first seedling is basically dead and I'm scared I light burned it to death... do your seedlings get full intense light from day 1?
w33disaplant
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guess cops are the same all over. weed goes missing after a bust in my contry aswell.
myrceneCB1
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Interesting... It could be like you mentioned, the crystallization of MgSo4 but my guess is it's from the coco itself.
myrceneCB1
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Don't use full intensity, as seedlings are too young to handle it. Hang your light at the veg distance as recommended by the light manufacturer, then start at 25 percent intensity once the cotyledon is out. After 5-7 days, bring it up to 50 percent. If you notice the seedling to start stretching, you can increase the intensity. Preferably you don't want that. Once you see the first true leaves starts forming, can increase to 75%. Of course this is not a hard and fast rule. But generally this should work.
myrceneCB1
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I increased my light intensity to 70 percent yesterday at the distance of 36 inches when the true leaves start forming. They seem to like it.
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The leaves twisting at the tips and the yellowing at the newer leaves looks like beginning of cal or mag? def.
I started coco for the first time recently and fell flat on my face.
My goal was to not overfeed plants...
I thought because the coco coir was buffered, I didn't need to wash and dose with cal/mag.
I thought because I was using nutes specific for coco coir, I didn't need to supplement with CaliMagic.
idiot
I recently applied foliar spray and the plants responded well! Much better color, perked up drastically!
I started coco for the first time recently and fell flat on my face.
My goal was to not overfeed plants...
I thought because the coco coir was buffered, I didn't need to wash and dose with cal/mag.
I thought because I was using nutes specific for coco coir, I didn't need to supplement with CaliMagic.
idiot
I recently applied foliar spray and the plants responded well! Much better color, perked up drastically!
myrceneCB1
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I got from Shopee if I'm not mistaken. Actually I would prefer it to be chunkier. You can just crush it to the size that you prefer dude.
myrceneCB1
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Could be nute burn. But since the newer leaves don’t show any tip burns, I’m more inclined to go with potassium deficiency or magnesium def. The newer leaves look like it could have interveinal chlorosis. Maybe it’s the picture colour imbalance. But if there is yellowing or pale leaf veins, I would say potassium deficiency.
myrceneCB1
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Think of nutrient lockout as well. Make sure your ph and EC is appropriate for fertigation for your plant stage. What nute are you using man?