Quote Originally Posted by Weedhound
ha ha....I'll say the same thing to you......if you use quality soil you'll have a lot less issues in soil as well, same as coco so I think its a matter of the quality of your equipment.......and with a good soil like FFOF all I really need to know is how often to water.
Different strokes for different folks. I actually used FFOF during flowering and I was not impressed at all. The soil was too hot for me to start out vegging in, and really I felt it was hyped up once I started using it in flower.

Even with perlite it retained a ton of moisture, came prenuted (which I guess is good if you don't mind not knowing how much of each nute you have total sitting in your medium) and was really friggin heavy. It didn't release moisture fast enough for me to water twice a week like I needed to. All in all I was not impressed; at the time though I thought FFOF was pretty good.

Now that I've touched quality coco FFOF looks like crap to me.

Another benefit to growing in coco is... well. it's very hard to outgrow your pot, create ph lockout issues or make conditions where your plant will die.

Had I been growing in soil I am confident I would probably have a number of issues.. Soil pests, stagnant water retained in the soil, root issues (due to not being able to care for the plants).

The coco created the ideal environment for my plants while I was unable to care for them. I don't think I would've had the same luck in soil. After I get this plant turned into a good mother I'll do a side by side Canna coco VS Fox Farms Ocean forest grow. Everything will be identical with the exception of the medium.

And finally.. here are the pics; the plant didn't look as great in the pictures but she looks beautiful in the light. Especially considering what a horrible week she's been through:

You can see her first set of true leaves... They look thin and worn; this is probably due to lack of air circulation, light and other things. There is some very slight calcium def. spotting but the camera didn't pick it up well (you have to be very close to the plant in person to even notice it well).

Considering she didn't have air, light, fresh water or any proper care for a week I'd have to say she's looking kind of sexy.

I'll post new pics of her in about 4-5 days to show how much she's recovered/grown.

2 days ago her leaves were yellowish, she's gotten greener since I fed her/put her back under HID.