Algae prevention alternative to coco covers?

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Ingvar

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The coco covers are pretty pricey at over $1 apiece. Anyone use any alternatives? This would be for hand-watering rockwool, so the water does need to make its way through the cover..
 
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Hay.....run it on top of my tupur which is a coco mix will add beneficial microbes every watering and compost adding carbon over the life of the plant
 
Nope tupur is a soilless hydro coco mix. There's nothing in it besides coco, perlite, and compost from the redwood forest out in Oregon. Great stuff I prefer it over straight coco gives great ph and ec buffer
 
Ingvar said:
The coco covers are pretty pricey at over $1 apiece. Anyone use any alternatives? This would be for hand-watering rockwool, so the water does need to make its way through the cover..
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Just use a sterilizer in your water from the get go and you won't have any problems. Calcium hypochlorite (pool shock) for homemade or you can buy some premade ones from hydro store.
 
Ingvar said:
lol sorry I think I read that as "hey" originally, never thought of hay as a cover :) do you ever get any rot or any other issues I might not foresee with hay? Do you just use any hay?
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No issues at all honestly it's just nice because it allows my plants to drink all the nutes and lower evaporation and I use just hay lol
 
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