lawlrus
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I'm curious now. Have you ever alternated feeding with plain water or just fed plain water for extended periods in plain coco yourself? Like actually grown plants in plain coco and done what you are recommending? I'm wondering because I have had issues with what appeared to be nutrient lockout on the occasions when I have alternated feeding with watering or tried water alone repeatedly in straight coco. I want to know how to grow better pot than I do currently, anybody who doesn't is ignorant and doesn't realize that they have stopped learning. So I'm not asking this to be an asshole, I'm asking because I legitimately want your point of view on this.I respect your experience my friend, but we all have different viewpoints and ideas about what a healthy plant is and how to grow it. Don't get me wrong! This isn't the first time I'm hearing about your recommendation on feeding in coco. People have lots of methods (sometimes opposing) when it comes to growing in soilless mixtures. One time a guy called me a moron for not feeding my plants 3 times a day in coco! But they don't know what happens when they put that much nutrients in their pots. They think every time they feed their plants, they are doing magic and nutes immediately transform into happy green leaves! Every time we feed our plants, they store lots of unnecessary and even harmful nutrients in their tissues (roots, stems, leaves, ...), because they are always uptaking what is found in medium without calculating their needs, to the point that they finally get burned! If you feed your plants the right amount/ratio of nutes at the right time, you don't really need to feed every time you water and it's best that you give them plain water once a while and give them some time to rest and use what is already stored in tissues. Feeding mistakes is one of the most important reasons that even the most experienced growers whisper these words to themselves after they first smoke their harvest: "Maaan! That shit was supposed to be a bomb! What is this crap?!". Of course they always blame breeders and talk shit about them!
I think what you're getting at is that you should feed at a level that is just enough for the plant to utilize while not overdoing it because that is not just not helpful, it is actually harmful. I agree with that, so much so that I take it a step further and posit that feeding at the appropriate level at a sustained pace is more helpful in this particular medium when compared to alternating feedings. I say this based only on my own experience, not the "conventional wisdom" I end up quoting so often when talking with you it seems.
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