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Trousers said:
Looks good. Any problem with the floralicious plus clogging lines?
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no clogs. i use very little just for the organic humates. im trying to keep my res mostly organic so my bennies can keep it "clean". i skipped molasses and use a cleaner clearer sugar additive also, sugar rush humboltd honey or florilicious pineapple are some good examples of sugar that wont clog the drippers.
 
here are more pics of my recirc coco.. these will be the last i post here. ill start a grow journal im thinking? i use the small partical coco as the base layer then coco cubes then small stuff then chunky stuff. 4 layers in all. and yes i reuse my smart pots. simple drip tubes. View attachment 2396125View attachment 2396140View attachment 2396137View attachment 2396135View attachment 2396132View attachment 2396129View attachment 2396128View attachment 2396127View attachment 2396126View attachment 2396141
 
this morning one of my plants is severly wilted from the top down. I believe this is overwatering?. im gonna let it dry up and see if i can salvage a mother plant. i cut the water cycles to one a day for 15 min. down from 2 times a day for 15 min. also i had my first ph flux. its driffting up? . im thinking of doing a flush with 150 ppm mag cal. and 150 ppm nutrients.. for a total of 300ppm. hope it works out. Any help is appreciatedView attachment 2396399View attachment 2396400
 
Obviously you know if your pot has water, but that looks to me like it is lack of water. Are you sure one of your hose heads isn't clogged or is partially clogged giving it a slower feed? good luck dude. keep us posted.

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overwatered. i think coir cubes only would have been a better idea, for trying to get 2 floods a day? My pots are retaining too much water now and im seeing signs of root rot and some yellowing in week 2 of flower. im pretty nervous so i unplugged the pump and im letting them dry up. im gonna do a 300 ppm flush dtw and hopefully they will get back on track. im a long time hydroton user and i was hoping to get at least 2 floods a day but i dont think the finer stuff will drain fast enough. I started another table and im trying 1 15 min flood a day from start instead of 2.
 
so i finally found the coco thread lol,heres some shit i got goin in it now,using some canna coco and some cocopalms.just picked up a few bags of the H&G coco as well.i've been a promix grower for the most part,now its about 50/50 and the plants in coco def look good so ill keep on it for a bit longer and see whats up.

1st & 3rd pics arepowerkush bout 6 wks in,5 gallon pot.the middle pic is masterkush about 6 weeks in and 7 gal pot.im running gh flora,just the micro and bloom on a friends rec and i like what im seeing,peace


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doniawon said:
overwatered. i think coir cubes only would have been a better idea, for trying to get 2 floods a day? My pots are retaining too much water now and im seeing signs of root rot and some yellowing in week 2 of flower. im pretty nervous so i unplugged the pump and im letting them dry up. im gonna do a 300 ppm flush dtw and hopefully they will get back on track. im a long time hydroton user and i was hoping to get at least 2 floods a day but i dont think the finer stuff will drain fast enough. I started another table and im trying 1 15 min flood a day from start instead of 2.
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A few pages back a guy said you cant overwater coco. lol

yea i find that low PPMS and NOT watering til there is runoff is the key to growing well in soilless. Just feeding them the amount they will drink and keeping them in smaller pots than you think they will need. 3 gallon pots and i can grow 3-4z plants all day. Pot is small enough they drink all the water and dry out every 48-72hrs.
 
Lucius Vorenus said:
A few pages back a guy said you cant overwater coco. lol
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It is really hard to do so, especially the way I do, lol.
If you would like to come over to my house, I can show you.
I use superoots airpots and water until it runs off each day. The next day the tray will be close to dry but the coco is still soaked, completely wet.
Then I water again, lol.

I have never sen the need to let coco dry out at all, lol.
 
Also, I said it is very hard to over water coco, I didn't say you can't, big difference.

Some people use blumats that keep the coco saturated at all times.
Sometimes if the coco is packed too tight problems can come about.
Unrinsed coco can cause problems.
If the coco is not allowed to drain properly, that will cause problems.
If the coco can not get enough air, there will be problems.
 
sixstring2112 said:
so i finally found the coco thread lol,heres some shit i got goin in it now,using some canna coco and some cocopalms.just picked up a few bags of the H&G coco as well.i've been a promix grower for the most part,now its about 50/50 and the plants in coco def look good so ill keep on it for a bit longer and see whats up.

1st & 3rd pics arepowerkush bout 6 wks in,5 gallon pot.the middle pic is masterkush about 6 weeks in and 7 gal pot.im running gh flora,just the micro and bloom on a friends rec and i like what im seeing,peace


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Looks good. Coco is awesome. Wonder how that h&g coco is. Keep us posted. Your name looks familiar have you been on another forum where they had bud of the month?

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yeah im at a few dif forums,mostly skunk skool ever since club speedy went down but im at thc farmer sometimes to.they told me the h&g does not need to be rinsed so i grabbed a big bag,ill be using some this week right out the bag;) i checked my runoff a few days ago on several plants and that second pic tested at 3200ppm :O most of my diryt girlz tested around 900 ppm and one other coco plant was at 1200ppm they all seem fine but i was shocked to see how much food is left in the coco,think ima back off a bit from now on.i run a feed,feed,feed program on everything so i guess the coco doesnt need any more than the promix.
@ trouser,ever check your runoff? what you getting in late flower ?.your avitar is crackin me up for weeks now lol.
 
sixstring2112 said:
yeah im at a few dif forums,mostly skunk skool ever since club speedy went down but im at thc farmer sometimes to.they told me the h&g does not need to be rinsed so i grabbed a big bag,ill be using some this week right out the bag;) i checked my runoff a few days ago on several plants and that second pic tested at 3200ppm :O most of my diryt girlz tested around 900 ppm and one other coco plant was at 1200ppm they all seem fine but i was shocked to see how much food is left in the coco,think ima back off a bit from now on.i run a feed,feed,feed program on everything so i guess the coco doesnt need any more than the promix.
@ trouser,ever check your runoff? what you getting in late flower ?.your avitar is crackin me up for weeks now lol.
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Cool, bro. Yeah I was at club speedy myself. I had the first bud of the month winner with my nebula. Then I was going to win with my Querkle, then ditty came along with an ok pic of something at took the competition.aaaarrggg

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sixstring2112 said:
@ trouser,ever check your runoff? what you getting in late flower ?.your avitar is crackin me up for weeks now lol.
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I've never checked my run off. I did try bottom feeding. That was a big mistake. It works fine in veg, but not so much for flowering.

I have a ppm meter, maybe I should dust it off and check it. I only have a couple plants in veg right now.
 
sixstring2112 said:
yeah im at a few dif forums,mostly skunk skool ever since club speedy went down but im at thc farmer sometimes to.they told me the h&g does not need to be rinsed so i grabbed a big bag,ill be using some this week right out the bag;) i checked my runoff a few days ago on several plants and that second pic tested at 3200ppm :O most of my diryt girlz tested around 900 ppm and one other coco plant was at 1200ppm they all seem fine but i was shocked to see how much food is left in the coco,think ima back off a bit from now on.i run a feed,feed,feed program on everything so i guess the coco doesnt need any more than the promix.
@ trouser,ever check your runoff? what you getting in late flower ?.your avitar is crackin me up for weeks now lol.
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I've been running 12/12fs and if it gets over 900-1000ppm starts frying the girls. I have a .5 conversion meter
 
hello ppl just want to share an idea. i have a 55 gal fish tank i wasn't using took so 5*5 pots and put then in that tank with a 4foot flo light. so when my grow is done the babies go in asap.
 
Trousers said:
I've never checked my run off. I did try bottom feeding. That was a big mistake. It works fine in veg, but not so much for flowering.

I have a ppm meter, maybe I should dust it off and check it. I only have a couple plants in veg right now.
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i bottom feed in the last 2 or 3 weeks of flower and works a treat....
 
coco is near impossible to over saturate unless the root zone is well established in its container? .. maybe thats why is only effective in the last weeks? ?.
 
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