New to coco...

NinjaMaster

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Hey.
I grow in Coco.
My solution to most problems is flush plain PH Water
Then do a solid feed with PH Water + Nutes
Then after that i continue feeding 2x daily to runoff.
If you dont have Perlite then 1x daily to runoff.
 

Star Dog

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I'd normally mix 30/35% perlite but in my current grow there's absolutely none.
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A surplus to requirements seedling soaked daily with no sign of over watering.
 

Merkn4aSquirtn

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This is my “couple of suggestions”
Don’t team up on me!

#1. Lights out temp gets too cold.
#2. You’re hitting dli way too fast, causing them to droop.- too much light.

Combine those with her transitioning to flower and wala- problem found

I almost always get the transition droops—lights are usually the culprit.
:eyesmoke:
 

Star Dog

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Pretty tiny plant. You’d have much more rapid growth if you let those roots search for food early in life
I thought it was doing well for 3 day lol :-)
It's a not really required seedling I'd only be giving myself needless work repoting it, I don't need it but I couldn't bring myself to bin it, I'll find a use/experiment for it.
 

xtsho

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Well I'll weigh in on watering coco. I run 100% coco with blumats. Zero runoff ever. Coco stays damp not wet all the time. I never have any issues. Also, when first planting small plants into 3 gallon pots of coco while still in veg I don't water until runoff but make sure the coco stays damp. That's before they're in the flower tent and using the blumats. But I never let the coco dry out. I start watering more when I start seeing the roots poking out the sides of the fabric pots which usually only takes a few days after transplant to those final pots.

Using blumats goes against most traditional coco watering practices but the plants still thrive. So there really is more than one way to water in coco. It's not something that's set in stone. I also never use calmag which many say is a requirement when growing in coco. I don't follow the standard coco guidelines but my plants still thrive.

I'm still of the belief that a good percentage of all issues cannabis growers have is from overfeeding or an unbalanced nutrient due to numerous bottles of this and that. Many of which when used in excess can cause nutrient antagonism and lockouts which can manifest themselves in different ways. And I also think that the illustrated nutrient deficiency chart many seem to think is the holy grail is completely worthless. But that's just me. I've never had the need to identify any deficiencies because my plants stay green and healthy from seed to harvest. With the exception of many years ago when I was using cannabis specific nutrients. Once I started using just a simple basic balanced nutrient I've never had any issues at all.
 

Bushbaby11

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Take the guessing out of the equation and measure the run off, I soak my plants twice a day I've never ever seen them or any other plant looking over watered in coco, it's a grandma's tale imo.
Gave them 3.5 liters each, plenty of run off, ec going in was 0.8 (has been 1.0 in recent feeds)
It was 1.8-2.2 at run off
 

Star Dog

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Gave them 3.5 liters each, plenty of run off, ec going in was 0.8 (has been 1.0 in recent feeds)
It was 1.8-2.2 at run off
Any problems! reading your ec is the 1st stop, that'll cut 97/98% of most hydro problems that I read about on Riu.
Ime deficiencies don't happen with full profile nutrients they are created by us the growers.
 

Bushbaby11

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Any problems! reading your ec is the 1st stop, that'll cut 97/98% of most hydro problems that I read about on Riu.
Ime deficiencies don't happen with full profile nutrients they are created by us the growers.
Going back to see if they have sorted themselves out yet, lights are off at the moment
 
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