Coir and nutes

[maspino1]

I bought some coir and expanded it using pre-treated water.

I used the recommended dose for seedlings on the Liquid Karm bottle. It's like 5mL per 4L. I think that's like 1lq. oz per gallon... If I got
that wrong, sorry, I'm Canadian lol

Soooo should I be adding anything to my coir or just let my plants
grow out as if it were in soil?

maspino1 Reviewed by maspino1 on 02-14-2008. Coir and nutes I bought some coir and expanded it using pre-treated water. I used the recommended dose for seedlings on the Liquid Karm bottle. It's like 5mL per 4L. I think that's like 1lq. oz per gallon... If I got that wrong, sorry, I'm Canadian lol Soooo should I be adding anything to my coir or just let my plants grow out as if it were in soil? Rating: 5

[maspino1]

bumpity bump

[stinkyattic]

You're going to want a nutrient made for coco coir because it has unusual interactions with potassium and calcium. It is NOT an inert medium like perlite or pre-treated hydroton.
It also contains no nutes except potassium, and even that is not necessarily a good thing because crappy brands of coir leach salts out.

[twoguysupnorth]

you have to fertilize and water often. i dont know the answers but i mixed mine with verm and wormcastings making it almost soil. i had a little mold trouble using fish emulsions, but a small dose of peroxide seems to help that. right now doing watering and then fert alternating. it really isnt soil.
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almost like soil.

[BlueBear]

you have to fertilize and water often. i dont know the answers but i mixed mine with verm and wormcastings making it almost soil. i had a little mold trouble using fish emulsions, but a small dose of peroxide seems to help that. right now doing watering and then fert alternating. it really isnt soil.

I grew in coco for about a year with good results. I used GH 3 part, but if I did it again I would use GH 2 part at 8 ML per gal. Stinky is right though, coco spacific nutes wwill be the best, but I didn't use them because in spite of the short comings of using regular nutes normal nutes were just more cost affective IMO.
Adieu

[twoguysupnorth]

same here about being cost effective and available. and mostly organic.

[BobBong]

It's like 5mL per 4L. I think that's like 1lq. oz per gallon...

4L = 1gal.

30ml of liquid is one ounce. don't give seedlings anything more than 5ml.

If you're using coco and pure blend with liquid karma you're going to need some cal-mag+

[twoguysupnorth]

actually, 5 liters is a gallon. 4 quarts is a gallon. measure from there.

[maspino1]

oh god, empirical confuses me!!!
well my coir stinks, i don't know why, has anyone else had this problem?
it smells like dirty towels that have been scrunched up and been wet for hours

[twoguysupnorth]

how is your drainage? it sounds like some standing water is getting funky.