I've got about 1.5" of gravel in the pots, soil and coco to ensure drainage.

My water is terrible, very salty well water (~705ppm). Gonna use it anyway, always worked before. Jes' gotta water right and flush when needed. How it'll do with coco, well, if this works I think anyone can do it.

I moistened the coco with nuted water, 1 tsp. Dyna-gro (7-9-5 for veg) per gallon, as suggested by Weezard. I think the nuted water pH'ed at 6.9, so I left it at that 'cos the coco's pretty acid.

The soil plants got FF Gro-big, as everyone had been getting up until the transplant. (about 1 tsp/gallon there, too.)

So here are our contestants: in the dirty, black trunks weighing in at 20 freakin' pounds or so, soil. In the light trunks, coco. Floats like a butterfly.



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I can tell ya right now I'm not going to be able to provide exactly duplicate conditions for the plants, due to different container sizes, different genetics, etc.

They'll be going under 2 shoplights, 2 x 32W T8's in each, if they'll fit with what's there already. These lights raise up to 37" maximum, so if anybody gets stretchy from this point forward they're getting tied down. Plants growing into the lights ain't gonna learn me nuttin. I'll try to keep conditions as even as practical, though. :rasta: