Fresh 2 De@th
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​​i started out in 16oz cups with soil and would like to know if i could transplant successfully into 1 gal of coco? or would i be better mixing (40%)coco, (40%)soil and (20%) perlite? thanks in advance.
? for all the CoCo users.
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You could plant straight into coco but mixes of coco and soil work well, and reduce your chances of a nute deficiancy.
Fresh 2 De@th
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yeah my initial thought was to mix the coco and soil due to the fact it's new to me and i didn't want to have any issues once i went into 12/12 2 weeks from now.
but on the other hand i've been told and read coco isn't that hard to maintain, so i am looking to see what others have to say that have experienced what i am trying to do as of now.
Fresh 2 De@th
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whats the best ph for coco?
RCgrowerman
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5.8-6.1 is what ive been told for coco and if you use nutrients with the coco there is no need for the soil.
Fresh 2 De@th
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hey thanks for answering my question but could you please expound on the rest? thanks
RCgrowerman
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In my personal opinion growing soil with coco is not needed and cause more problems for the growers. As long as you keep an eye on the PH you wont have any problems adding recommended nutrients (botanicare in my case.) Soil just adds too many variables that even veteran growers run into problems with it. Coco is sweet and simple and anyone that can read can use it successfully. I am not saying that there are not great growers using soil I just believe coco is the least pain in the ass method. I dont have to add bat shit or bannana peels and guess how much my plant wants to eat it just gets whats on the label and until I got lazy checking my PH i did not have any problems.
intenseneal
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I was looking into doing either coco or a coco soil mix but I just went all soil. All 3 mediums are simple to grow with from what I have gathered and experienced.
Fresh 2 De@th
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from what i've read and experience i agree with you but coco by far is the easiest of the three. everyone i've seen switched from soil to coco said they would never go back to soil. soil is fine until you start having issues (mainly ph), it can take quite amount of time to correct them if you don't catch it early enough.
ok, i totally get where you're coming from. the reason i asked about soil/coco mix was because i started them in soil (16oz cups) and wanted to put them into coco.
RCgrowerman
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yea that little bit of soil from the transplant should not be a problem.