For you guys running DG in Coco, which one are you using for Veg and which for BLoom?
I am new to coco and currently using "grow" for veg with "protekt" and botinicare's "cal-mag plus" (I use soft tap water)
I will be using "Bloom" in place of grow for flowering. I also have "Mag-Pro" but havent really used it as the cal-mag and base nutrients seem to take care of the plants Mg needs. It looks like a good bloom fertilizer by itself and I might experiment with it this run.
I have been using soil until I decided to go with coco and after trying a couple different nutrients (Fox Farm, MaxiBloom) I tried DynaGro and havent looked back.
I can use less, maintain a more stable pH and cut out the supplements and "boosters" that other brands seem to require.
I used to use dyna for a short time after I tried house and garden. Both did ok. I went to the head formula and never looked back. I ended up putting the bottles on craigslist for free and I haven't seen them since. They don't suck, head is just easier and more dialed. Should be considered the standard for coco imo.
Been using Dyna Gro Bloom for a few years in coco....
All in all very good...
Prefer a 1 part nute formula to others (like 6/9 or even the A/B mixes). With 6/9 and the A/B mixes that call for you to put in A, wait 15 minutes, then add B, it's hard for me to know what the final EC is going to be while mixing. I don't want to bother...
With a 1 part nute, whether it be Dyna-Gro or Maxiloom, you add nute until you reach your desired EC...much simpler to me.
When I used RO water, it took my PH down a little bit low (like 5.0), with a 50/50 mix of tap/RO, it usually put me right in that 5.7-5.9 range which I like a lot.
I added less than 1 ml per gallon of cal/mag and flirt around with various root enhancers, H202, SM-90, P/K boost, drip clean, and/or zymes from time to time, but as a whole Dyna Gro is a solid single part all in one nute....While that sounds like a lot, as a whole it's pretty much Dyna Gro with a tiny Cal-mag
Having said that, I am switching to the Veg and Bloom Dirty that everyone is raving about. Turns out being way pricier than Dyna Gro, but I like playing around and am seeing sick results from users and am getting good personal advice from the company owner. On Amazon it is saying Dyna Gro is discontinued and my local shops haven't carried it for a while (they prefer more expensive stuff geared exclusively towards marijuana). I'm not sure if that's true, but I didn't want to risk getting an old expired bottle or anything. At the end of the day, if I yield 1 extra zip or save an hour here and there using veg + bloom dirty, it pays for itself.
But I'd never steer anyone away from Dyna Gro...great stuff
Awesome side by side to do!
original veg and bloom in coco? Have you done that?
I'm going with Chris's recommendation to use dirty in coco with my .2 EC 7.7 tap water. Not ideal h20 I know, but best I can currently do currently.
Dirty is bringing ph to 5.9....are you using RO water for both and getting that result?
Got a link to the side by side?
I dropped the dirty and have gone back to DG. Using bloom but am picking up some foilage pro for veg/early bloom.
With the dirty, my PH rose every day in my res and it dirtied up my res pretty bad. DG leaves me with a more stable PH day after day and mixes perfectly and instantly.
So you use foilage pro the whole way huh? No DG bloom???
Yeah I use mycos....usually Great White but I have some +Life to get rid of now that I may throw in there
Of course I use the dyna gro Protekt for stem strength and as a ph up.
I keep Botanicare cal mag around and use maybe 1ml a gallon.
A little koolbloom powder for the very end. Sm-90 here and there in veg/early bloom.
What carbs do you use? I used to use blackstrap molasses, but I like to mix a big res and it got/smelled nasty after being in there for a while. Is there a good carb to use that will stay fresh in a res for a little while?