Need some Coco help...pretty please with sugar on top?

I use coco exclusively, though I have no experience with your nutes. I looked them up and it appears you aren't using enough. You want 3tsp per gallon of each A and B. Also make sure you shake well.

I find better success with a ph of 6.3. If the Ph goes to 5.8 I get more burns.


Also going from soil to coco isn't a great idea, with coco you are supplying all of the nutes while soil has nutes in it.

I know I am using way less than the recommended strength...I just figured with the soil and what not in there they could still get some from the soil they were in originally...so would you say that you think it is simple deficiency? I have no burns so far...and I don't want to get any now by messing it up...lol. They have only been in the coco for a few days and they are already super yellow, which is just not what I was expecting...but I guess since coco has no nutes in it at all, I do need to add a little more than what i have been...I just have hydro nitrogen burn PTSD...I freak out when I use synthetic nutes at all, just because I have effed up so many plants back in my hydro days...I am kind of already regrettinghaving gotten the coco and the nutes...I would just go get some soil, but these coco nutes aren't the cheapest and i just bought them to try switching to coco and I feel like I haven't tried enough yet..lol.

Also another question I have...
How dry am I supposed to let this stuff get in between watering?

I love coco. I never have to guess about nutrients because I am the one supplying them. I would definitely say it is time for a full feed. I water every 2 days, the pots should get really light in that time. I feed very frequently, 2 consecutive then one plain water, but I also flush frequently. Also you don't need nutrients specifically for coco, I use fox farms Grow Big, Tiger Bloom, and Big Bloom.

Originally Posted by Cr33p

I use coco exclusively, though I have no experience with your nutes. I looked them up and it appears you aren't using enough. You want 3tsp per gallon of each A and B. Also make sure you shake well.

I find better success with a ph of 6.3. If the Ph goes to 5.8 I get more burns.



Also going from soil to coco isn't a great idea, with coco you are supplying all of the nutes while soil has nutes in it.

Ok..I totally wondered if putting the soil and rootball in the coco would be alright...and I thought and I thought, and I pondered...and then I just transplanted from soil to coco...because coco also says it is good to mix into soil...so I don't see why inner soil and outer coco would be too awful...And...you say the most perfect pH is aroud 6 ish? The canna coco says on it for best results to have the pH between 5.5-6.2, and i am trying super super hard to make sure that is where it gets to...I use the color liquid stuff, so nothing is exact, but I can gauge it pretty close with the colors...lol. After a few years of using the stuff...lol. Anyway thanks for your help. I just want to make super super sure that this is a deficiency and not something else before I give it anything...You have no idea how many posts I look at and usually answer everyday where people say that they have this deficiency or that deficiency and it is 9.8 times out of 10 it is not a deficiency but an overage. So I am always skeptical of deficiencies, because you rarely actually see them if you are giving any kind of base nutes...even just a little...we give plants way way more than they need to grow and look nice...what I am saying is that MJ really doesn't need all the nutes we think she does...and i find my plants grow a million times better if I give them less, so I am just afraid to give a normal dose...since normal or recommended doses have been nothing but trouble anytime I have tried them...
I get better results with less, but I might be over- lessing it here...
I just need more opinions...
Do I in fact need to add more nutes, and if so do i have to wait for this stuff to dry out, or should I go ahead and use some stuff?

Well damn...I just figured that the canna coco nutes would be the best to use for coco...I have a lot of other stuff I am not afraid to use that says it can be used in coco...I mean you can't really beat how fast the roots have grown in just days, but the yellowing is definitely troubling to me.

So...I bucked up and added one whole teaspoon per gallon to both ailing plants today, and both look even more yellow, so that is not it...I am thinking it is in fact over water, and ya know what? They do both look a little droopy...so...Apparently I have overwatered them...dammit man, so today I made it worse...lol. At least it isn't a big deal...just going to leave them alone to til they start to look nice and thirsty. lol

Truth be told it looks as if you may have caused a nutrition lock by moving from soil to coco the percentage change may have varied to much and caused a lock out of one or more nutes namely mg and cal after you let them dry out a little you may want to only feed Phed water just to flush out and equal out the nutrition balance between the soil and the coco just a thought have used coco before but soil is best for my taste

Well I gave them both plain water their first water after the initial only water to water them in....so...I don't think that is the issue, but thanks for the reply...the leaves are yellowing out, with no burns or curls...the leaves are droopy...I was too worried about the coco nutes to really look at my plant and see what the issue was...
If I had calmed down and took a big deep breath I would have been alright and realized what the problem was...but after feeding with no success the issue is clear.