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Jondamon.. any pointers on starting seeds in coco? my first grow and im screwing it up already. well rinsed coco 70/30 coco perlite mix in plastic cups under cfls. 2 barneys lsd came up quick and it seems ive over watered them.
 
DOSED said:
Jondamon.. any pointers on starting seeds in coco? my first grow and im screwing it up already. well rinsed coco 70/30 coco perlite mix in plastic cups under cfls. 2 barneys lsd came up quick and it seems ive over watered them.
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My tips for starting seeds in coco.

Use straight coco.

Use coco nutes mixed with EC0.6-0.8. That's about 300-400ppm @.5 cal.

Don't water until the cups have lightened up considerably otherwise you can get stem rot aka damping off.

Only once well established can you increase watering frequency.




J
 
thanks for the response.. ive got 9 seeds in the cups with 5 that have come up. 2 of the seeds seem done for. I was watering once a day but as the first 2 started to wilt and lay down I backed off a bit only watering very shallowly. this didn't help so I didn't water for a day.. those two are dead now. the other 3 just seem to be stalled. as far as light goes do you think I should add more cfls these are 1200 lumens each. im just trying to allow the first set of leaves to develop before putting them under a 400.
 
DOSED said:
thanks for the response.. ive got 9 seeds in the cups with 5 that have come up. 2 of the seeds seem done for. I was watering once a day but as the first 2 started to wilt and lay down I backed off a bit only watering very shallowly. this didn't help so I didn't water for a day.. those two are dead now. the other 3 just seem to be stalled. as far as light goes do you think I should add more cfls these are 1200 lumens each. im just trying to allow the first set of leaves to develop before putting them under a 400.
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To be honest I've used all different lights.

I have a 24w T5ho for propogation etc but over the last few years I've generally just been using my 400 MH at about 2ft away. Lol.



J
 
Aurora soiless coir hydro mix, its made for lotts of nutes, my plants are 2 feet bigger than they said and just tarting flower. Look how i used solo cup inside 3 gallon pot. Watered cup and tap root firt. Its 3 x the ize. Look at my journal. Just floranova bloom and floralicious. Supercrop. Lst
 
My 400w in a 2x4x5' tent. This grow from late last year was a 24 plant, 3 x 21 day perpetual grow, going straight from rooted clone to flower. Every 21 days, the oldest batch of eight plants would get harvested, and a brand new batch of eight went in.

Plants are in 2L Coke bottles spray painted black (all drilled as Hempy buckets) in the delivery tray to make moving them around and placing my Oasis drip feeders into (the trays hold eight bottles... two rows of four) much easier . The oldest batch of plants would get two drippers each from one res, and the other 16 got one dripper each from a 2nd res. Mediums were always a mix: straight perlite, straight Hydroton, a mix of both of those and straight soil.

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-spek
 
Jon. I've got canna nutes like your self. when do you start feeding? btw I've got a 400w batwing and a dual capable cooltube. i added more cfls for now and I'm allowing them to "lighten up" between watering. If I can get out of the seedling stage I plan to use Mass Producer coco buckets (layered, amended hempy style buckets).
http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30181. tell me what you think. Charles and Spek too.
 
I went back a few pages Jon and you say to "precharge" the coco with light nutes when planting seeds. so since I didn't precharge would you just let em go or give a bit of food?
 
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well i started with a 125 wat cfl went to a mh 175 w then on to a 400w hps its my first indoor built as i went along dont know how far into flower i am due to winter and cold temps befor the hps but everything looks good so far fox farm dirt and organic old bloom nute let me know what you think
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looks like som1 took a big old SHIT on that plant
 
DOSED said:
I went back a few pages Jon and you say to "precharge" the coco with light nutes when planting seeds. so since I didn't precharge would you just let em go or give a bit of food?
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I never use plain water.

I start seeds and seedlings/clones on EC0.8 (water starting EC 0.2)


Roughly.
Seedling/early veg 0.8
Veg 1.0
Late veg 1.0-1.2
Stretch 1.2-1.4
Flowering 1.2-1.4
Mid flower 1.2-1.6
Late flower 0.8-1.2
Final 2 weeks 0.8.


Hope this answered your Q.



J
 
yes, thanks. you are da mon. i just dont have a tester or cash right now. ya think an extremely diluted a&b or tea would be ok? i realise your results are due to your precision and attention to detail but, im just trying to jump start a stalled grow.
 
DOSED said:
yes, thanks. you are da mon. i just dont have a tester or cash right now. ya think an extremely diluted a&b or tea would be ok? i realise your results are due to your precision and attention to detail but, im just trying to jump start a stalled grow.
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Start with the CANNA nutrient calculator at their website.

Choose light feeding and go from there.



J
 
I'm a killer. lol three never came up, I drowned 2, fried 3 and my toddler got 1. expensive experience gained but, I'm back at it with the freebies right away. pre charged coco as per canna calculator and right under the 400w mh. I will smoke good. valentines day bud for sure
 
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I'm a killer. lol three never came up, I drowned 2, fried 3 and my toddler got 1. expensive experience gained but, I'm back at it with the freebies right away. pre charged coco as per canna calculator and right under the 400w mh. I will smoke good. valentines day bud for sure
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If you have trouble starting seeds in the precharged coco then you could try just straight water until the seeds pop above the coco.

I haven't done it this way for ages though.



J
 
Here's a pic of one of my 4 headed CRITICAL+ yesterday just before being hung up.

Another 4 head will come down on Tuesday along with 2 SOG clones.

Then a few days after the 4 headed Blue Dream will be getting trimmed up.


Enjoy everyone.



J
 

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Here is 2 plants hanging.

Left 4 branches are the CRITICAL+ chopped on Saturday.

Right 4 today's CRITICAL+ harvest.

And a top cola shot.


Still have 2 clones of critical+, 2 clones of BLUE DREAM along with an exceeding large BLUE DREAM girl to come down.

They're coming down on Saturday/Sunday.



J
 

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