IMO you were feeding your plants too little man. Like I said my tap water is also .6EC, so ur plants were getting only .6EC of nutrients, this is pretty much nutrient strenght for seedlings and new cuttings. From what I know you shouldnt take in consideration the water ec. Not everything that conducts electricity in the water is used by the plants like sodium and other dissolved solids. Better too little than too much anyway
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Lowman
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Exactly. Thats why I am starting low and working up till I am dialed in. I have already started feeding @ 1.7 except the Hazes and Sativas.
Hey coco hempy folks. Any of you check out the bottom feeding thread?
Hempys always appealed to me and bottom feeding seems a similar concept except using an external res, especially if watered through the plants instead of just dumped into the res. See my logic? Your thoughts?
Hempys always appealed to me and bottom feeding seems a similar concept except using an external res, especially if watered through the plants instead of just dumped into the res. See my logic? Your thoughts?
Can you be specific? I've read both threads, multiple times, which led me to my conclusion that they're essentially the same idea and I thought others might also see the similarities.
They are basically the same..only the medium is different. My point is you don't need to add external reservoirs, pumps, bubblers or any of that. The great thing about hempy's is the simplicity. If you can't hand water every other day or so, then I could see going with another method of growing.
They pretty much are imo. For multiple small party cups of clones in coco, ill just bottom feed all of them and let them sit in the nutes. Except for the hand watering from the top, it is essentially the same thing.
Not looking to cause trouble in the hempy house. Just see them as siblings and thought others might be interested.
I haven't read this entire thread, but I haven't found the real advantage of coco over the original perlite/vermiculite hempy recipe. Plus, Dalaihempy mentioned bugs coming out of coco, and a few other people said the same thing.
So, I'm asking, is it worth switching in terms of yield or quality? Or, is it ease of use, earth-friendly or other qualities that makes some of you try coco and leave the original perlite/vermiculite recipe?
These are sincere questions, I'm not trying to start any bullshit. Obviously, if there's something better, I'm all for it, and I salute you pioneering souls.
Cheers
So, I'm asking, is it worth switching in terms of yield or quality? Or, is it ease of use, earth-friendly or other qualities that makes some of you try coco and leave the original perlite/vermiculite recipe?
These are sincere questions, I'm not trying to start any bullshit. Obviously, if there's something better, I'm all for it, and I salute you pioneering souls.
Cheers
Lowman
Member
Agreed. I am running a few hempys right now with diferent coco combinations and one with straight perlite. I am about to harvest...and just from looking at the girls...the pure perlite hempy is at least as good ar mbetter than 4 of the 6 hempys. I think the Hempy with pure B'Cuzz coco may come out on top. The perlite hempy did have a lot more fan leaves die off during flowering(mostly the lower and middle ones)...but that doesn't bother me too much.
I just switched to coco myself in the last few months & my first 2 rounds with it were coco hempys . perilite to the runoff hole then straight canna coco to the top . but i can tell you ... holy shit what a difference between the coco instead of the perilite/vermiculite hempys .the vermiculite always seemed to wash to the bottom & compact . these next 2 rounds i'm doing DTW with coco , compared to my promix runs done the same way . the veg so far is even better than it was in promix. (same strain through all my medium experiments ) hempys have been great for me & I like the fact you can use smaller buckets for a confined space .
yes you do get the little black bugs with canna but they have shown to be no problem to the plants .so i'm not really worried about them . so far coco has been the best medium i've used & it works great in hempys .
I still use vermiculite in my cloner
yes you do get the little black bugs with canna but they have shown to be no problem to the plants .so i'm not really worried about them . so far coco has been the best medium i've used & it works great in hempys .
I still use vermiculite in my cloner
Guys I have been having a hard time getting seeds to stay alive in rockwool, after germination. So on my last seed (grapefruit) I went back to letting it sprout in soil. The sprout just came up this morning. How long should I wait before moving it too my coco hempy. I'm thinking after the 1st set of leaves. I don't want to kill my last seed, Bubblegummer is on its way.
i'd say 1- 2 weeks. should have a decent root system then. just make sure your coco is pre washed other than that the roots love coco and hempys are the shit.
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moodster
im gonna have to give this a try
Lowman
Member
yes...but the epsom is optional. Just have some cal/mag on hand in case a calcium issue arises. My tap water seems to have enough....so I hardly ever use the cal/mag.
