The reason I went coco, day of harvest

[dusto2k3]

FUNNY THING IS bLUBEAR, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO I TRANSPLANTED SOME CLONES 2 INTO PROMIX AND 2 INTO COCO AND NOW THE 2 COCO'S ARE LIKE 1.5 INCHES BIGGER ALREADY, WITH A LOT MORE...sorry caps, i dont wanna type again, secondary growth.


do you water-water-feed?

[stinkyattic]

Hey BlueBear!
What fantastic timing... I am mulling coco for my next op after having had to deal with a 2500 square foot house literally COATED with perlite and dirt when I tore down last week. That stuff gets everywhere and I managed to burn out my shop vac.
It seems coco is pretty trouble free as well as clean...
And that first bud shot - WOW- now I know why that guy on the oatmeal box has that shiteating grin on his puss.

[dusto2k3]

lol, for sure Stinky, I have Perlite everywhere, in my backyard, i cant get rid of it, it sucks. This peat has got to go. Stinky, IM SURE you'll be glad to hear that!!!!

Stinky, just so you know, I've had real good results with Promix BX. No Ph Issues

[BlueBear]

Stinky your too funny. Dusto, I am not sure what you were asking about watering.
Oh, the joy of perlite, LOL. In some ways the coco is messy and then in other ways it is just such an easy clean that you wonder why you didn't try it sooner.
Also, since it is anert you don't get the same problems with pests and your out dore garden will love it. Also Stinky many are re using it up to 4 and 5 times with no problems. The only thing you need to consider Stinky is that some teas and castings can kind of clog up the coco stopping its ability to maintaine its airation and drain properly. On the flip side, the chillating mis spel, agents in the coco do exactly many products in the way of root strengthing and establishing a health root inviornment that is more resistent to problems with pests, heat and root rott

[BlueBear]

I don't know what happend but I got cut off in the middle of that last post, but in short what I was saying is what you loos in teas and castings can be made up for in other ways, but still some are using the teas, and if you want I will try to find out some basic do's and don'ts with organic teas.
Adieu

[dusto2k3]

i was wondering if you give them a nute solution every watering, so feed every day, or just some days give them water?

[xcrispi]

wow bear girls look sweet .
keep up the good work .
peace
crispi

[BlueBear]

Thanks for stopping in Xcrispi. Dusto, I feed every day and with the run off I haven't had any defs or salt build ups, but with moms in coco I would prob nute every other watering with a low mixture. For moms I still go with soil because with something like Shultz all purpose fert you can just keep moms in a 3 to 5 gal pot for a year and feed with plane PH water and the plant should do fine and it is pretty low maintenance. Just try to get a little run off now and then and something like Clearex to flush will be sufficient if any build ups occur throughout the year.
Adieu

[doco]

Hey Bear, sorry for the noob question but with coco, what strength nutes do you start the clones off with? Same as with soil? 1/4 - 1/2 - full? Or do you cut back some since you are feeding everyday?

[BlueBear]

I use CalMag, Liquid Karma and super thrive at half strength when I start nutes, with the exception of SuperThrive which I use for misting even when they are still unrooted, after they reach the 4TH node I use the things first mintioned at 1/2 strength and when they get the 5th node I use full strength GH 3 part.
Hope that helps.
Adieu