Should we ask for a Coco growing sub-forum?

[Opie Yutts]

Thanks for stopping by and showing your support!

So, oliwog you mix coco in your soil, then? Just wondering since coco as a substrate is a hydro process.

I'm guessing coco takes the place of something like perlite to help keep some air in the soil, and it would be used in fairly small amounts, like maybe 20% or less??

And OK fine, 7 for a coco subforum and 1 against (mods count more). Let's have it then!!! However, in that case we should have a clay pellet subforum and an LED subforum and an FFT subforum (search it). In fact my next grow will be nothing but LED lighting, coca/hydroton mixed medium, with the roots dangling in air and getting fed with nothing but a fog.

OK, I'll simmer down now, but seriously, I want to try that grow soon. I'm telling you, that's the future of hydro.

[ProGroWannabe]

Lol....very funny Opie. My plants are in pure coco, nothing else is in the pots. However, before long I will be adding perlite at a ratio of about 35% hit or miss.

And you are right about the future of hydro. I also believe that fogging will be an awesome way to grow----I was gonna go that route instead of coco, but the 'ole lady frowned on the $300 price tag just for the Nutramist fogger. She really wouldn't have liked it if I had clued her in on what the rest of the setup would have cost me(think "custom" here).

I wanna see you put an LED system through its paces! As does the rest of the cannabis world, I guess. 'jus so hard for me to convince myself that they'll yield well.?.?

[ProGroWannabe]

Any more votes yay or nay?

Did I mention, I think it would be best for the forum to be "Soil-less/Coco? I think they should be together--what do y'all think?

[twoguysupnorth]

i would try it as a soiless medium instead of hydro. and it is easy to get during the winter when soils are out of stock in most places(reg. stores in a small town) damn you, lol. now i'll have to read the whole thing above. lol.

[Opie Yutts]

I wanna see you put an LED system through its paces! As does the rest of the cannabis world, I guess. 'jus so hard for me to convince myself that they'll yield well.?.?

As God as my witness, I am going to be one of the first to make this feasable. I know there are LED grow lights available, and they even claim they are better than HID. HA HA HA is what I have to say to that. But, coming soon...

If anyone's interested, here's some interesting stuff:
LED Plant Light Bars for Plant Growth
LED Grow Lights for Plants and Planet- garden efficiently
All About Leds - UK420
LED Grow Lights.com Home Page
LED Grow Light DIY
Growing Plants with LED's
EvilLawnGnome.com :: LED Grow Light Project
Amazing Led grow lights for hydroponic systems (Yeah, right. These claims are funny)

[Chong Version 2.0]

I use coco mixed with vermiculite and worm castings. My plants seem to really like it.

[the image reaper]

there's way too many Forums here, as it is ... seems like 80% of the threads have absolutely nothing to do with Cannabis ... if you notice, the arguments, insults, and problems almost exclusively, come from the NON-Cannabis categories, too ... :twocents: oh, and coco, tried it, didn't like it ... :smokin:

[Opie Yutts]

Well good, now it's 2 against and 7 for the subforum. Thanks reaper. At least now I'm not the only one with his head sqarely on his shoulders.

I'm just teasing people, come on.

Could you tell us exactly or not exactly what you didn't like about coco? I'm just about to put it into my pots for the first time. Is there something people aren't telling me?

[ProGroWannabe]

Likes:

1. Reusable
2. Faster growth rate than soil
3. More oxygen to root system than soil
4. More precise control over nutes in substrate--there are none. Therefore there are no large build-ups. There is a small flush at every feeding allowing for little buildup over time.
5. Can be mixed up with a ratio of perlite up to 50% without ill effect.

Dislikes:

1. I use more nutes since I'm currently doing run-to-waste style.
2. It's still a substrate, so it's still a little messy like soil.

[ProGroWannabe]

IR...Thank you for posting your vote. Much respect. I do agree that there are too many forums for general bullshittin', so to speak. And that is where most of the arguing comes from.

However, the reason I thought it was worth pursuing is because even though it is a hydro process, it doesn't seem to fit right into the hydro forum we have, since it's not an all water technique like DWC, NFT, etc...I don't want noobs to try coco incorrectly thinking it was exactly like soil or water and be pissed, since there are fundamental differences between it and the soil and water cultures both.

My two cents. Thanks for the post though IR--even if it wasn't in favor of the addition.