714steadyeddie
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Yea droopy plants is not ok.. even after you water they shouldn't get too droopy. With coco at least, they like more frequent waterings but with less amount. That's why they thrive in drip systems.
Coco coir is a medium that has NO nutes in it. The grower is in complete charge of what goes in (and what goes out) so with every plain watering you are throwing out all the nutes you feed her last watering that the roots didn't get too. Coco coir is a bank, when you deposit nutes it stores what's leftover. When you plain water you clean it out. Took me one whole run to figure a little system out.
I water my 3 gal pot let's say maybe 3 times a week. I go by weight usually when they weigh at least 50% lighter then when I feed them I will feed her. But when I water its about a 1 gallon feed at 850 PPM. And I have some light run off. Maybe 10-15%
That's with cal mag already in and ph up. My Ph is usually at 5.8 sometimes 6.2 max. Here's the trick tho when I water I split that one gallon into two feeds in the same day. First feed is 30mins when the light goes on, second is 30mins before the lights turn off. I am religious with this schedule. With coco these small details Matter. All those PPms matter.
Every time I water she never drops I always aim to keep her in the "praying leaves" position. I think thats when the ladies are saying they are the healthiest.
Just my two cents, it's better to really understand coco , that way next time you know exactly where to pin point the problem hope this helps.
Coco coir is a medium that has NO nutes in it. The grower is in complete charge of what goes in (and what goes out) so with every plain watering you are throwing out all the nutes you feed her last watering that the roots didn't get too. Coco coir is a bank, when you deposit nutes it stores what's leftover. When you plain water you clean it out. Took me one whole run to figure a little system out.
I water my 3 gal pot let's say maybe 3 times a week. I go by weight usually when they weigh at least 50% lighter then when I feed them I will feed her. But when I water its about a 1 gallon feed at 850 PPM. And I have some light run off. Maybe 10-15%
That's with cal mag already in and ph up. My Ph is usually at 5.8 sometimes 6.2 max. Here's the trick tho when I water I split that one gallon into two feeds in the same day. First feed is 30mins when the light goes on, second is 30mins before the lights turn off. I am religious with this schedule. With coco these small details Matter. All those PPms matter.
Every time I water she never drops I always aim to keep her in the "praying leaves" position. I think thats when the ladies are saying they are the healthiest.
Just my two cents, it's better to really understand coco , that way next time you know exactly where to pin point the problem hope this helps.
Much appreciated!
