I agree, airflow and just flat white paint works wonders. I recently rebuilt my grow room and just used flat white paint and it seems to be running a lot better than with chrome mylar. Those beasts would take a big reservoir lol. Not to mention tables and such would raise them up higher and that would mean having to have smaller plants. Everyone does what works best for their grow.
Exactly what I was stressing man.. You know the pain.
Grow what works for you. I've just had everyone that tried 100% coco never go back including myself. You're paying more for less. Roots can't grow inside rocks, they can grow through coco fiber. You're deleting 30% of your root mass minimum when you use that 70/30 mix. Unless you're using a larger container i.e pure coco 5 gal pot but with perlite 7 gal pot. Not sure why you would even do that but that is the only thing that makes logical sense to me.
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Everyone should learn by trying.
Then gro with what works.
70/30 works best for me.
BTW do you have any info on your auto watering setup? Looking to test it out on a 4 plant setup in 10 gal pots then expand from there to a 16 plant system.
Mine is reservoirs feeding flood tables from the bottom. Its all pump fed and the reservoirs circulate with pumps. With your size of plants you may need to autofeed from the top and let it drain out into a drain. I work with growers that do top feeding on an auto and they get way better results than those that recycle their water using a reservoir. Both give great growth. The smaller the pot the more feedings per day I do.
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I think I would rock 10 gallon pots and do cycle of top feeding like you're talking about. I just need some reducers I can stab into the 1" pipe I have running from a I believe 650 gph pump..
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Here is a flower-finish of my current Gorilla Breath grow in pure Coco. You can see they fill out nicely. This run is with Heavy 16 Full Line minus Foliar. (Plants in perlite were donor plants put into Sunshine Advanced #4 yellow bag mix.
I do 15 minute feedings every 2 hours with small plants. It usually takes an extra 10 mins to drain back into the reservoir. You can use one reservoir on two+ tables if you have it kick on every hour and alternate the pumping.
Yes I run 2 rooms with 4 x Gavita DE 1000W with Eye Hortilux bulbs. The fixtures on the end have closed hoods and the middle fixtures have open hoods for cross lighting. Seems to yield quite nice results. I have no idea what the yield will be this time..
If you get 1lb plants you are still sitting pretty thats more than most people get per light.
I'm shooting for 2 lbs per/3 plants which I think is doable from what I'm seeing so far.
We'll see if I surpass that. I always way underestimate vs overestimate my yield potentials usually making it fun and surprising when weighing in. I had a half pound plant in a 5 gallon pot with way shittier lighting running just AN Coco Connoisseur 2-part, nothing else.