Coco pro tips to get it right.

[Cheedale]

Hi. So I’m new to coco and want to get it right. I’ve read a lot (too much) and there is a lot conflicting info out there so I thought I’d start a thread to see how people who are getting good results and healthy plants do it. I’m trying to build a picture of what the good / pro coco growers out there are actually doing.

You don’t have to answer all the questions that come up just answer any you can but only where you feel your method is working great.

It’d be great if anyone else has any related beginner questions out there and could add them to the thread.

Firstly - Early Veg

1) what pot size do your clones go in and what ec is your first feed

2) Do you fully saturate the media at this point to run off? If not how much water?

3) When do you water next? I.e next day, after the pots have started to feel lighter etc.

4) At this first pot stage do you give feed each watering or plain ph’d water every x feeds or flush every so
often or something else?

5) Do you use any additives beyond base nutrients that you feel make a real difference at this stage and what are they?

6) At which point do you pot up and how do you know it is the right time to go to a bigger pot

7) what pot size do you go to at this stage?

8) what temp / humidity are you running at this stage?


I appreciate all and any responses.

 

[JJ Lowe]

1. full strength from the start. Usually go straight from clone into 2 gallon, or the smaller 1/2 gallon char cubes
2. Took me a while to understand the importance of pre charging coco. We’ve been using the charcoir compressed coco for a few years now. We expand/hydrate it with full strength nutes and a bit heavy on the calcium. When properly charged, the clones will explode with growth almost immediately.
3.few days later, when they feel a bit lighter.
4. Full strength every time.
5.not really
6.ive done both, smaller pot, then medium, then final pot
And going straight from clone into final pot. Less work and they seem to do better IMO clone to final pot.
8. 70-80F and 60-70ish RH.

Make sure you get #2 right

 

[HGCC]

Hi. So I’m new to coco and want to get it right. I’ve read a lot (too much) and there is a lot conflicting info out there so I thought I’d start a thread to see how people who are getting good results and healthy plants do it. I’m trying to build a picture of what the good / pro coco growers out there are actually doing.

You don’t have to answer all the questions that come up just answer any you can but only where you feel your method is working great.

It’d be great if anyone else has any related beginner questions out there and could add them to the thread.

Firstly - Early Veg

1) what pot size do your clones go in and what ec is your first feed

2) Do you fully saturate the media at this point to run off? If not how much water?

3) When do you water next? I.e next day, after the pots have started to feel lighter etc.

4) At this first pot stage do you give feed each watering or plain ph’d water every x feeds or flush every so
often or something else?

5) Do you use any additives beyond base nutrients that you feel make a real difference at this stage and what are they?

6) At which point do you pot up and how do you know it is the right time to go to a bigger pot

7) what pot size do you go to at this stage?

8) what temp / humidity are you running at this stage?


I appreciate all and any responses.

1. Clones go into solos, ideally clone straight into it but if buying clones and they come in those little 1x1 or 2x2 pots I put them right into a solo. A week or two in that, roughly once it gets a bit hard to keep up on watering, i go into a container with a gallon to maybe 1.5 gallons of coco and finish in that.

2/3. I water very heavy once i drop the clone into a new pot, then wait a day or two, i think of it as watering enough to help marry whatever medium the clone is in to the whats in the new container. First watering or two after are on the light side and around the edges of the container, borrowing from soil growing...trying to get the roots to reach out into the new medium asap in search of water/nutes. Then its just water till runoff the rest of the time, you can skip a day or two early on, but once they get up to size they really need at least a daily watering if you use smaller containers.

4. Feed every water. Don't flush unless something funky is going on and you have a reason.

5. No additives. I like the jacks+calnit/321 and go a bit heavier on the calnit during veg and first week of flower and then pull back and bump the base up a little bit during flower.

6. See 2/3, but mostly I get into a bigger container when I can no longer keep up with watering manually. Plants are normally around a foot tall once it gets hard to keep them wet in a solo cup of coco.

7. See 1, but solo cup for most of veg and then into a gallon or two sized final container just before flipping to flower.

8. Doesnt matter that much...70s or 80s on Temps and I try to keep humidity up above 50. Have a hard time with that in my environment.

 

[Guest]

Pearlite with starts and young vegging plants.
I use it all the way thru flower unless I have a very aggressive drinker. Then its straight coco.
I like to have some biological activity in my coco, but will not amend with anything. I'll top dress 1-3 times over the life of the plant. I get a bit more organic inputs without impeding the swiftness of its passive hydroponic potential.