Advice first grow soil or coco
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euphoria526
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I tried coco first and failed miserably. Bought soil and was successful.
now I’m trying in coco again and not failing yet, about 2.5 weeks from seed. Don’t mind the 3 deformed ones, they have been that way from seed and seeing if they grow out of it.
now I’m trying in coco again and not failing yet, about 2.5 weeks from seed. Don’t mind the 3 deformed ones, they have been that way from seed and seeing if they grow out of it.
What soil did you go with
Fluffy Butt
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Coco requires EC and pH meters. To do it right you need to feed multiple times per day, which is easiest with automation. More equipment, more money, but easier to master than organic soil grows.
For starting off though, a quality bagged organic soil mix will take you far. Biggest thing you have to learn is watering, and even that can be simplified with a bottom fed wicking system for each pot/bed.
For starting off though, a quality bagged organic soil mix will take you far. Biggest thing you have to learn is watering, and even that can be simplified with a bottom fed wicking system for each pot/bed.
This website gets thrown around a lot in these forums for good reason. Read the articles and tutorials section. It explains everything
Coco for cannabis
Coco for cannabis
euphoria526
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That website confused the ever loving fuck out of me. I can navigate it now but man when I first started it was almost an overload.
I started with FoxFarms Happy Frog, using Roots Organics Terp Tea Grow/Bloom bubbled up for 12-24 hours and fed once every 5-7 days depending on how they looked. Couldn’t overfeed with that stuffing late veg- flower. In between feed days, I would do silica and Recharge. Always ph’d to 6.4 and they LOVED it.
xtsho
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What are those reasons?
Obepawn
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This ^
MickFoster
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I'm not sure why everyone recommends soil........I failed miserably when I tried it.
I find coco to be much easier to fix any problems that arise........you can fix the problem immediately.
You control exactly what your plant is eating.........not relying on the nutrients in the soil.
Also, I don't own a pH or ppm meter..........I use the drops for pH.
I wouldn't grow in anything else.........my plants are always perfect from start to finish.
The only downside is the daily feedings........if you don't have the time to feed daily, it's not for you.
I find coco to be much easier to fix any problems that arise........you can fix the problem immediately.
You control exactly what your plant is eating.........not relying on the nutrients in the soil.
Also, I don't own a pH or ppm meter..........I use the drops for pH.
I wouldn't grow in anything else.........my plants are always perfect from start to finish.
The only downside is the daily feedings........if you don't have the time to feed daily, it's not for you.
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canna_420
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You use a tester though and the price for a bottle of reagent is probably more than a cheap PH pen.
bam0813
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I'm not sure why everyone recommends soil........I failed miserably when I tried it.
I find coco to be much easier to fix any problems that arise........you can fix the problem immediately."
I think the answer is in there,you can fix immediately but can f it up fast to. I think it's the fixing part people struggle with
I'm not sure why everyone recommends soil........I failed miserably when I tried it.
I find coco to be much easier to fix any problems that arise........you can fix the problem immediately."
I think the answer is in there,you can fix immediately but can f it up fast to. I think it's the fixing part people struggle with
canna_420
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Can you get the Canna or plagron soil and fertilizer?
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MickFoster
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Wrong.
An 8oz. bottle of the test fluid is $12.29..........it lasts for years.
I never have to calibrate........no 7.0 and 4.0 calibration fluid........no storage solution........no cleaning solution.
The drops are never wrong.........unlike a pH pen that can go wacky.
canna_420
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But you are still testing PH right?
MickFoster
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It's like any grow method........it takes time to dial everything in.........coco is no different.
The cost of my nutrients per grow is about $18
MickFoster
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Of course.........with the pH drops.........never wrong.
ZuuTeD614
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I use the drops eveytime, had a ph meter and shit would bounce back and fourth. The drops like you said last a long time and always spot on.
It's thorough. You may have to read one tutorial to understand another but the info is there.
Easy to understand if you read through it all
Links to buy the supplies he's referencing is helpful even just to get a part number if you can buy it cheaper somewhere else.
It's FREE.
A good one stop shop type of place to get going in coco when you're just starting out. It's not the only option but it's a good one. We all learn in different ways though. I didn't know anything about coco and I found that forums had a tendency to cross a lot of the information because different people would be chiming in with info that only applied to their environment and setup. Sometimes important details are left out. Showed me how to understand my own environment and make adjustments according to that.
If a new grower has someone like yourself as their mentor. That grower really doesn't need a website like cfc but there's plenty of people out there swimming in a sea of bad or incomplete info. Just my opinion, I wish everyone success in whatever way they find it.