Canna coco and perlite?

[Syn Style]

I was wondering if any canna coco growers use perlite with coco? If so what ratio do you suggest? Or is the coco enough for drainage? I am about to put into 1 gallon smart pots and wasn't sure what was best thank you all...

 

[Buyfrommycity]

50/50

 

[Creature1969]

I was wondering if any canna coco growers use perlite with coco? If so what ratio do you suggest? Or is the coco enough for drainage? I am about to put into 1 gallon smart pots and wasn't sure what was best thank you all...

I use straight coco. So long as you have good drainage holes there should be no issues.

My suggestion, if you're going to treat it like hydro feeding/watering daily, you don't need perlite. If you're treating it like soil and watering every few days, add perlite.

Also, if you're not planning to transplant out of those 1 gallon pots, I'd go bigger. I'm running a 1 gal experiment in coco and she needs watering 3x/day compared to 1x/day in 5 gallons.

 

[jwreck]

I use straight coco. So long as you have good drainage holes there should be no issues.

My suggestion, if you're going to treat it like hydro feeding/watering daily, you don't need perlite. If you're treating it like soil and watering every few days, add perlite.

Also, if you're not planning to transplant out of those 1 gallon pots, I'd go bigger. I'm running a 1 gal experiment in coco and she needs watering 3x/day compared to 1x/day in 5 gallons.

What kind of plant you growing?
I flower in 6 in pots and only water once like every 36 hrs

 

[Creature1969]

What kind of plant you growing?
I flower in 6 in pots and only water once like every 36 hrs

Dinafem Blue Kush auto. At week 3 she required 1 quart 2x/day. At 6 weeks her pot is sitting 1 inch deep in a gallon of bubbled nutes. It gets refilled every 18-24 hours. Before I set that up, the coco would be bone dry when I got out of work and she started to show deficiencies after a couple days of that.

Amnesia autos in 4 gallon buckets take 1.25 gallons per day before I get any runoff.

I have very thirsty girls.

 

[jwreck]

You have a hot room thats what you have

 

[Creature1969]

You have a hot room thats what you have

A 76 degree room is what I have.