How to grow in coco

[Splifted]

I've been looking into this for a little bit, cause it sounds really cool. I just found the best guide ever for how to grow in coco, step by step. Check this out:

http://www.growside.nl/pdf/kweken_op..._potten_en.pdf

Splifted Reviewed by Splifted on 01-10-2007. How to grow in coco I've been looking into this for a little bit, cause it sounds really cool. I just found the best guide ever for how to grow in coco, step by step. Check this out: http://www.growside.nl/pdf/kweken_op_kokos_in_potten_en.pdf Rating: 5

[TheGreenFog]

That looks like some really good info, Splifted. Thanks for posting it. I will be checking that out soon for sure, as soon as I get a minute. Don't forget to check out the updates coming out any minute now.

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[BuddyLove]

a very good link thanks mate

[the yeag]

nice...i am going to try coco.. i like dirt..but this looks promising

[BlueBear]

I have been researching growing in coco for a while now and took the plunge, I am loving it, so feel free to shoot some questions my way and I will try to help, or research some answers.
The growth seems to be on par with hydro, but it is not full proof so do your studying.
Adieu

[dusto2k3]

bluebear, so your using coco coir? How do you think it will work in a hand watered application. Im stuck on soilless mixes and wanna do my next grow in coco. I read somewhere you have to use nutes specifically for the coco. Is this true?

[BlueBear]

Hand watering applacations give excelent results, but depending on if you want to develop a hydro type root system, you will need to water every day. The nice thing is you can get away with smaller pots, meaning you can pull 3 to 4 ounces off of a 2 gallon pot which would be more difficult in soil.
Coco spacific nutes are probably the way to go if you want to start your whole garden on coco. Canna coco nutes seem to be the most stable and give excelent results. Advanced has a line, but I have hurd allot of bad problems with their line.
Coco really needs a good zink and mag supplament so CalMag is a def safe gard in my opinion to avoid any defs. Lastly, a good brand of coco is paramount because companies harvest and process their coco differently. There is low grade which contains alot of salt from the ocean and then there is inland coco that has been flushed. I use GH coco it is middle of the road, I would use canna, but my local store does not carry it. Batanicare, bad spelling has a good grade as well.
Hope this helps some.
Adieu

[Splifted]

Hey bear, coco sounds ideal for a drip system. According to that link i posted, you should have like 20% run-off out the bottom of the pot or something each time you water. Does that mean coco could be used in a recirculating drip system? Or would you just have to just discard the run-off? I'm seriously considering trying this out, and i was gonna do hand watering, but I think i'd like to build a drip irrigator. I understand that you only have to run the drip 1 time each day instead of 3-4 like with most substrates.

[BlueBear]

Drip is one of, if the not the best way to go IMO, but I think the better results come from a twice a day 2 minute drip. Now companies are saying 10% run off is attaquit. It really depends on the grade coco you get if you want to recirculate IMO, you will find that many do run to waist, but more skilled growers just recirculate, but with most of them they do a run to waist for the first week in order to give the coco a nice flush. Right now I am using GH 3 part with CalMag and havn't had any defs.
IMO cloning and starting seedlings in coco can be a little tricky compared to soil. Many start clones in RW and then put the RW into the coco. If you do a drip set up they have coco bricks that have a pre cut insert for RW or rappid rooters. Coco can also be used for more than one grow, I usually find growers reusing it about 4 times.
I start my clones and seedlings in the little 4 pack tray and once a root ball has started I rince most of the soil/perlite off and put into my coco, but I use GH coco and it is mid grade and I think that it is why I have a harder time with clones/seeds.
People are even switching over from DWC to coco because many say that their yields are comprable but with out some of the DWC facters. I remember reading a guys thread who swiched over, he said that when he had a heat wave in his city he went over to his bros and his coco was thriving even under the hot temps wile he was battling heat problems with his DWC buckets.
I will dig up a few threads and post them here later.
Adieu

[BlueBear]

OK, here are a few coco threads that should give you a really good idea of what to expect and so on.
Hand Watering coco, http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=46490
Coco and Drippers, http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=46279
A guys first run with coco, note, he now uses coco nutes I believe, http://www.planetganja.com/highsocie...ead.php?t=1685
Adieu