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Old 02-19-2009, 10:51 PM
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Botanicare's Cocogro will work just fine as long as you THOROUGHLY flush it with pH'd water to remove the small sedimentation in it, desalinize (desalt) the Coco and to buffer the pH in the correct range (5.5-6.0). We have personally used Botanicare Cocogro with good success in Ebb and Flow tables. You just have to make sure that you have rinsed it thoroughly because straight of the block or bag, you will read as much as 300-400 PPM in the runoff water which is quite high. The one thing you might consider is getting an Ecoplus Filter bag like the one below to keep the smaller particulates from running through your pump. The filter bags run $8.00-10.00 depending on the size of the bag.




Until the Profit Disks hit the market (and then went away), longer and coarser Coco was not readily available. The Profit Disks contained much more of the longer Coir strands that made drainage and aeration so wonderful and it didn't contain any Pyth. Pistils has used this Coir in many of his past grows with outstanding success! The RioCoco Green Starter blocks are virtually the same consistency as the Profit Disks Coco. So, all of you that have been wanting the Profit Disks, the Green Starters are the ones you want.
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