Coco Growers Unite!

Having found that Coco Coir is not at all the same as Coco Pith, I am now stuffing the gap between the medium and the fabric pot with lots of Coir fiber.
This seems to work well, keeping stuff on top from falling, and generally helping the medium stay in contact with the fabric.

As for damage to the root system during moving, this is a hazard of soft pots, hard pots do not allow nearly as much air, but they do a great job of protecting the root system from harm.
Be gentle while moving soft pots, drag them around if you can.

Anyone on here use hesi nutes?

Ok first time with coco and well every thing was fine till about 3 weeks ago my growth has slowed down and the lower leaves were yellowing and curling upwards after 3 weeks of checking going over everything i checked my run off today ph is 7.2 and ppm 1600 wow WTF i feed @900ppm and i pH @5.9-6.1 however i have noticed that if i let my nutes sit for a few days after being mixed and ph'ed my pH rises to 7.0-7.5. Any advice to correct this problem and prevent it in the future would be greatly appreciated

ph before you water them

Originally Posted by cnhman2008

Ok first time with coco and well every thing was fine till about 3 weeks ago my growth has slowed down and the lower leaves were yellowing and curling upwards after 3 weeks of checking going over everything i checked my run off today ph is 7.2 and ppm 1600 wow WTF i feed @900ppm and i pH @5.9-6.1 however i have noticed that if i let my nutes sit for a few days after being mixed and ph'ed my pH rises to 7.0-7.5. Any advice to correct this problem and prevent it in the future would be greatly appreciated

Might have PH lock out, run plain water through your pots to give them a "flush"

Originally Posted by cnhman2008

Ok first time with coco and well every thing was fine till about 3 weeks ago my growth has slowed down and the lower leaves were yellowing and curling upwards after 3 weeks of checking going over everything i checked my run off today ph is 7.2 and ppm 1600 wow WTF i feed @900ppm and i pH @5.9-6.1 however i have noticed that if i let my nutes sit for a few days after being mixed and ph'ed my pH rises to 7.0-7.5. Any advice to correct this problem and prevent it in the future would be greatly appreciated

what sort of ph down are you using.......i found one of cannas is unstable.........ph 5.5-5.8...............i find 5.5 really hits the spot..........is your ph pen ok....best to have a few so you can check against each other.

Has any one tried House& Gardens coco? really wanting to see how it compares to Botanicare

I've been using sunshine advanced number four and Botanicare CNS 17. By far the worst combo I've ever used.

No more Botanicare for me.