Mixing soil with coco for medium

Jjgrow420 said:
Hm. I've never used it. Was kinda interested but I think I'd rather stick to what I know. Careful with calmag. You can end up with lockouts. I'd only be using calmag if you're on ro or if you see deficiency
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Had half a bag of it laying around from the outdoor veggies figured I'd give it a shot in veg before transplanting into a more substantial medium to finish veg and flower. Was showing slight mag deficiencies, wanted to knock out the problem early and wasn't concerned if I shocked her as it's early enough for me to start over. Accepted it and has been showing great strength in early veg. Wouldn't recommend going out and getting a bag to grow in but not bad if you got some laying around... so far.
 
calvin.m16 said:
Dirt or Soilless why blend them at a substantial rate?
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Hoping for better results. My theory was that the roots would like the air;water ratio better with a substantial amount of coco in the medium. I feel like peat compacts to much and has lacking oxygen for the roots.
 
Experiment!
Do one in soil, one in coco coir and one combined maybe.
Soil alone in pots is problematic, unless you meant compost.
That aside, you should be adding perlite, vermiculite or pumice or all three to these mixes, to help with aeration and water penetration.
The ratio is usually around 30% aeration ammendments in total
Once you start adding worm castings and compost you are now building your own soil.
Keep organic liquid nutes on hand to help if food becomes scarce in the medium but other than that just give straight water with diluted seaweed occassionally.
To stop food getting scarce add some gypsum, kelp meal, blood and bone meal, alfalfa meal and or neem seed meal to the mix as well.
Treat it like what it is, an organic soil mix. Only water once the pots feel light again. It can help to water into the catching saucer to help the roots fill up the pot. Put younger plants into a lighter mix with less nutrients until you find out what works.
Good luck
 
westpoint said:
I am wondering if this is common. I love growing in coco, but might switch to soil to help holding water...can you have the best of both worlds? Thanks .
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I can't speak for the other brands or even for mixing it ones self, but Bush Doctor Coco Loco works pretty well.
You treat it the same as soil with a wet dry cycle. Amending it helps but you can just use your own nutes with it.

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Grow Monster said:
Organic plants always look better imo especially in late bloom. No burnt tips and still got huge leaves. Im usually left with only a few fans.
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Well done reviving every old soil and coco thread.

Well cared for plants always look better, doesn’t matter if they are organic or not. Poor growers will have burnt tips and only a few fans remaining from lack of skill.
 
I’ve grown in roots original before it’s a coco/peat blend. Just treated it like any other potting mix, works fine. In my own blend now though no coco. Buffering just seems like more work than I want to do and peat is dirt cheap.
 
bk78 said:
Can you explain your plants then please?

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What do u need explained. This was a run done in coco with 30%perlite. I feel like organic top dressing plants look better near the end of harvest. But I was referring to a run im doing currently with a low fan count. It was run in that same medium. Purple berry
 

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Grow Monster said:
What do u need explained. This was a run done in coco with 30%perlite. I feel like organic top dressing plants look better near the end of harvest. But I was referring to a run im doing currently with a low fan count. It was run in that same medium. Purple berry
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Don’t mind bk, they just go around being dicks for literally no reason :roll: Now I’ve grown in hydro with salts and now I’m in all organic soil. As long as you keep them healthy and happy it doesn’t really make a difference. They’re plants, feed em, prune em, maintain a suitable environment and let them do the rest.
 
Lenin1917 said:
Don’t mind bk, they just go around being dicks for literally no reason :roll: Now I’ve grown in hydro with salts and now I’m in all organic soil. As long as you keep them healthy and happy it doesn’t really make a difference. They’re plants, feed em, prune em, maintain a suitable environment and let them do the rest.
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I think i love u man. These guys!
U spitn facts!
 
I've mixed coco and soil before sort of. Flushed the old coco from previous run, threw it into my compost pile with re used soil. I don't remember having any issues but tbf it was probably like 80% soil
 
A lot of us picked up some $12 bags of Roots Organics soil from the Best Deals thread so not surprised that this thread is active again. I was hoping that ppl had general recommendations on using this mix too
 
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