Actually I haven't considered coco. I don't know much about it. I will definitely check it out. I don't mind the soil so much. I just had my head up my ass with my last/first grow. I didn't ever check the PH until I already had a problem. I'm hoping I can keep that from being an issue this time by checking the PH of the water/fertilizer before I feed each time and adding a bit of PH up to get it a tad higher than what it would be. I'm always open to trying something better though. I still have a lot to learn about this stuff. The only thing I don't want to try is hydroponics as long as I'm in an apartment. I could see that going south on me in a hurry lol. I just want a simple setup that produces A+ quality pot for personal use. The first grow put out decent quality weed, but it could have been better. Hopefully this grow will give me the results I really want.