Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Pimp
this might be of some help?

I use MG moisture control soil mixed with perlite in my 16 oz cups to germinate seeds, directly. It has a small amount of coco coir mixed in at the factory.

I noticed if the new taproot get tangled in the coco...it's fucked....

I don't know what you can do with this info?...but, there it is....:stoned:

I wont make you read through my entire post, but I have noticed similar things. If the roots discover the perfect zone created inside coco, then they give up. They make little effort to grow roots it seems.

Today was an even worse day on the experiments. I did source coco croutons today so that was good. I may end up going that route with perhaps fine coco mixed in. My problems seem to be with either over watering or under watering. I cant seem to find that balance. Keep in mind I am referring to a recirculating system and not hand watering. Currently I am using 2" pots with a hydroton/coco mix. I decided tonight to quit playing around so I started weighing the pots and setting timers. I intend to see just how long it takes to drain some of these pots. I was trying to avoid this kind of activity.