jonnynobody
Well-Known Member
I've been growing in hempy buckets for years now and the yields are excellent and the grow process is fairly simple. The one thing I've been very dissatisfied with is the condition of the roots after harvest while I'm dumping out the perlite / root ball. Also, the roots do not spread through the entire medium. They reach for the reservoir at the bottom and there are absolutely no roots throughout the perlite other than the feeders down to the res. The roots are also not glistening white even though I sterilize my reservoir @3ml/gallon with 33% h202. There's no rot, but they have a slight tan color to them. I don't like it and it's time to change it which brings me to my first coco / perlite hempy bucket.
In nearly every coco hempy I've seen the rootball on after harvest has healthy thick white roots throughout the entire root ball in the bucket. They don't grow like mine in 100% perlite with roots only populating the reservoir area. I believe the coco / perlite hempy will produce superior results by keeping the roots healthier and growing more of them.
I had a bad experience with cheap coco years back which is why I don't use it exclusively today. It was just poor quality product and not a problem with coco as a medium itself. So I bought a brick of the Canna brand coco which was very cheap. It's already buffered and Canna says it is ready to use after hydration. Of course I'll give 'er a good rinse to eliminate any fine bits and pieces in there. Canna also states the medium is pre buffered so that's a stupid process I get to skip. I can't imagine why anyone would want to save a few $ on cheap poorly processed coco instead of buying quality product from a company like Canna. Anywho I'm placing #4 chunky perlite in the reservoir area to ensure rapid drainage and to prevent loss of my coco during water cycles. I'll mix a good amount of perlite into the coco to aid in draining and aeration of the medium rather than letting the coco form a big mud pie.
I'll be running the usual jack's 321 @1.6 ec PH adjusted to 5.8.
Any tips or advice fellow coco growers can offer is greatly appreciated. I'll post a pic of my transplant later. I'm pretty stoked about growing healthier roots and bigger plants
In nearly every coco hempy I've seen the rootball on after harvest has healthy thick white roots throughout the entire root ball in the bucket. They don't grow like mine in 100% perlite with roots only populating the reservoir area. I believe the coco / perlite hempy will produce superior results by keeping the roots healthier and growing more of them.
I had a bad experience with cheap coco years back which is why I don't use it exclusively today. It was just poor quality product and not a problem with coco as a medium itself. So I bought a brick of the Canna brand coco which was very cheap. It's already buffered and Canna says it is ready to use after hydration. Of course I'll give 'er a good rinse to eliminate any fine bits and pieces in there. Canna also states the medium is pre buffered so that's a stupid process I get to skip. I can't imagine why anyone would want to save a few $ on cheap poorly processed coco instead of buying quality product from a company like Canna. Anywho I'm placing #4 chunky perlite in the reservoir area to ensure rapid drainage and to prevent loss of my coco during water cycles. I'll mix a good amount of perlite into the coco to aid in draining and aeration of the medium rather than letting the coco form a big mud pie.
I'll be running the usual jack's 321 @1.6 ec PH adjusted to 5.8.
Any tips or advice fellow coco growers can offer is greatly appreciated. I'll post a pic of my transplant later. I'm pretty stoked about growing healthier roots and bigger plants
