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Budseeker147
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Sounds like good stuff may be a dumb question but would it be any good for autopots?
After having read over the thread,it seems most of you use bagged coco.I can't get bagged where I reside,and will have to go with bricked coco.It appears everyone has their favorite for varying reasons,but is there one brand that might not need all the heavy rinsing?I don't mind rinsing,don't get me wrong,just would like to start out with a clean quality product to begin with.
Also,could someone tell me what charging is?Is that just basically adding a light nute mix along with some Cal-Mag?What is the main purpose there?Would you also go lighter on the charging if you are running nute sensitive strains?
Thanks for any advice/help.
Also,could someone tell me what charging is?Is that just basically adding a light nute mix along with some Cal-Mag?What is the main purpose there?Would you also go lighter on the charging if you are running nute sensitive strains?
Thanks for any advice/help.
Born Loser
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Are you referring to the Plant it! Brand by hydrofarm? I love the stuff. I never rinse it. Just add water to expand it, plop in the clone, and water in with nutes. Great results with Plant It! and also Roots. I never rinse either.
Reasons to use loose bagged coco over 5.5kg blocks (screw them little bricks).
1) You don't mind paying double the price.
2) You don't want to do the extra work of hydrating, rinsing and charging.
3) Growing too many plants and using too much coco to make using blocks practical.
4) You live in an apartment or a place where you can't go outside and hydrate, rinse and charge the blocks. You do not want the fine particles in blocked coco going down the drain in your bathtub or any other drain- it will plug them up.
I'm using GH Cocotek 5.5kg blocks now and as far as I can tell with my ph meter and also by sicking my finger into the hydrating water and tasting it, there is not a bunch of salts in Cocotek. Never the less I will continue to rinse it because I don't trust anyone. Total fallacy to think only great coco comes in loose bags. It comes in loose bags so they can hose you for more money by doing your fluffing.
Charging is done after hydrating and rinsing. Let the coco sit in a weak nute solution (10% works for me) with 3-5ml/gal cal/mag, ph it also, for a few minutes and then let the coco drain.
Stoned40 and Coconutz
Thanks for the advice,much appreciated.I neglected to ask in my initial post,how much coco is in a brick?Might be easier to ask how many 5gal (or 3gal) buckets 1 brick would fill.Or instead,how many buckets would a 5.5 fill,since that is what you use?
Thanks for the advice,much appreciated.I neglected to ask in my initial post,how much coco is in a brick?Might be easier to ask how many 5gal (or 3gal) buckets 1 brick would fill.Or instead,how many buckets would a 5.5 fill,since that is what you use?
I don't know anything about the bricks. The 5.5kg blocks when hydrated make about 15 gal. It's beautiful stuff, I can't believe I spent so many years in soil when coco was around
cant possibly be the same stuff.
The stuff Im talking about cant be planted directly in without soaking the brick in a tote for a day or two just to get it wet!
FreedomTRAIL
Member
I use the CocoTek. Tried Nutrifield, but it wasn't as fluffy and compacted more over time.
CocoTek 0ppm, NF 20ppm
CocoTek 0ppm, NF 20ppm
Thanks for the advice everybody.I'm leaning towards the Cocotek,but if it isn't available locally,I'll try the CocoGrow.No sense in buying those little bricks,as that just doesn't add up at all for me.
I somehow thought that a 5kg brick would yield more than 3 5gal buckets,but after having given it some thought,that would be unrealistic to expect that.Lol
I somehow thought that a 5kg brick would yield more than 3 5gal buckets,but after having given it some thought,that would be unrealistic to expect that.Lol
Gold Label coco Excellent quality coco ! And they do a 60/40 clay pellet / coco mix & a 80/20 clay pellet / coco mix.
not available where i live. im rocking the roots coco palms but it came at 1.5 -1.7 or so run off. i will buy canna next time and i do a clay sandwich. mix i imagine would be fine too. thanks
Budseeker147
Member
the gold label 60/40 is good we use bottom fed system (autopot) always use 60/40 with great results... add extra cal/mag tho cuz coco does leach it abit lol.. not tried the 80/20 sounds good tho dno if it would b suitable for auto pots or maybe better suited for a dripper system or something like that
Dr.RedWhite
Active member
Odd, I just got a brick of the Hydrofarm Plant!t, put it in a 27 gallon tote, dumped a hot 8 gallons of full strength ferted, PH'd to 6.5 water in with a the brick, put the lid on and 3 hours later I have a nice coarse batch of coir nearly filling the tote. I should have gone with a bit lower PH but was initially misinformed.
Dr.RedWhite
Active member
Hope this works for me, experiment to be run soon.
You know... I want to be a fan. I love their nutrient line. But I swear, every bag I get always has some problem. I've seen 2.2ec in the runoff when fresh. Sticks, nuts, bits of plastic and trash, even grass growing out of it. This grow I have a full blown Springtail infestation in every container and there's really only 1 source in my grow space for that. Their coco.
Honestly. Really. I tried to get on board that band wagon. Seems like everyone else is on it. But I've just never had success with Canna Coco.
I'm going to go back to Botanicare on my next run.
I use the same stuff. Its worked great for me! Its just a pia to hydrate and flush, but the price is right and you don't have to haul around big bags of media!
