Coco Grow questions

Billy the Mountain

Billy the Mountain

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manfredo said:
Google "nursery pots"...I bought 20 at Home Depot for cheap.

Right but you don't want 10 gallon bags, or even 7.... and how many times you fertigate can be a pretty big thing...like the difference between filling your res every 7 days, or every 4.

I just did a side by side test with plastic and fabric in different sizes, and in my environment the plastic worked much better. The fiber bags dry out faster and need more watering, but yeah, anything will work.

OP just needs to do some reading. Here's a good starter. I'd recommend all 67 pages.

A few things that I've learned about growing in coco with a drip systm DTW

Ok let me chime in with what I've learned about coco. The majority of my growing life was spent growing with organic soil, I used bio bizz nutes with compost teas and it was great, I grew in 12Ltr pots and watered every 2 days, wet-dry cycles..... Now I was happy growing like that but then I...
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Frequency and volume are distinct.
When I used 3 gal fabric pots, I could water twice a day, with one gallon pots, 4 or 5 times, but the overall volume used didn't noticeably change.
 
ymustuknow

ymustuknow

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Bud man 43 said:
Coco perlite mix with sand topping
3 gallon fabric pots- I find that the 3 gallon is a good size for me to keep the plants from getting too big- although I still have that problem quite often- i can shorten my veg time to correct that in the future.
Top feeding 2x daily- always- no flushing
For a drip system I would use GH 3 part to avoid clogging-
I use the Gh 3 part alternating with Complete crop and Myco to help avoid salt buildup-
I have had good results averaging a pound of bud per plant- indoors with a 7’6” ceiling height limiting my plant size
All good trim and larf buds go directly into the box to make hash- I only jar the best buds.
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This is great info, I bit over my head, but very much accepted. I have a book I will be reading so I will understand what you are talking about in the future.
Thanks for your input! Very detailed. :)
 
TCH

TCH

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Bud man 43 said:
Coco perlite mix with sand topping
3 gallon fabric pots- I find that the 3 gallon is a good size for me to keep the plants from getting too big- although I still have that problem quite often- i can shorten my veg time to correct that in the future.
Top feeding 2x daily- always- no flushing
For a drip system I would use GH 3 part to avoid clogging-
I use the Gh 3 part alternating with Complete crop and Myco to help avoid salt buildup-
I have had good results averaging a pound of bud per plant- indoors with a 7’6” ceiling height limiting my plant size
All good trim and larf buds go directly into the box to make hash- I only jar the best buds.
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You can go down in size of pot if you want to keep the plant size down. Or feed a little bit less frequently. I had 6'+ plants in half gallon pots that got out of control.
 
Billy the Mountain

Billy the Mountain

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ymustuknow said:
What do you mean by Frequency and volume? The watering and nutes I assume?
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The point was that the overall volume of nutes used is very similar between feeding a 3 gal pot 2x daily vs. feeding a 1 gal 5x daily.
The frequencies are quite different, but the volume is not.
 
curious2garden

curious2garden

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ymustuknow said:
What do you mean by Frequency and volume? The watering and nutes I assume?
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In my opinion the smartest thing you can do when beginning to grow is water by hand. It forces you to go look at them. If you automate too early I think you short change yourself. Anyway best of luck whatever path you choose.
 
ymustuknow

ymustuknow

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TCH said:
You can go down in size of pot if you want to keep the plant size down. Or feed a little bit less frequently. I had 6'+ plants in half gallon pots that got out of control.
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I am not sure what a good size is, but want a good yield. I will have 4 plants and hope to get about 1 lbs finished. I just need to figure out the details.
 
ymustuknow

ymustuknow

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Billy the Mountain said:
The point was that the overall volume of nutes used is very similar between feeding a 3 gal pot 2x daily vs. feeding a 1 gal 5x daily.
The frequencies are quite different, but the volume is not.
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Sounds like feeding 2x in 3 gallon might work for me. Would it have to be 12 hours apart? I don't think that's possible. That's why I was hoping to automate it.
 
ymustuknow

ymustuknow

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curious2garden said:
In my opinion the smartest thing you can do when beginning to grow is water by hand. It forces you to go look at them. If you automate too early I think you short change yourself. Anyway best of luck whatever path you choose.
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I hear you. I will be keeping tabs on them for sure, I need to. I need to learn and watch to make sure things are going as planned/hoped.
 
TCH

TCH

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ymustuknow said:
I am not sure what a good size is, but want a good yield. I will have 4 plants and hope to get about 1 lbs finished. I just need to figure out the details.
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1. Have you ever grown before?
2. You can use any size pot you'd like. The size will dictate how often you'll have to feed it. Țsmaller pot, more times per day
 
PopAndSonGrows

PopAndSonGrows

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Fabric pots, I've found 3, 4 and 5gal to be best depending on the size of plant. Usually 3gal. The cheaper the better, but I buy them as often as I can at my local hydro store.

I still hand/top water because my absolute main focus on my whole grow is "less moving parts", less things to maintain or fix even if that means my hands in the room daily. It gets old, especially if I'm just trying to have some drinks on the weekend or something.
 
ymustuknow

ymustuknow

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PopAndSonGrows said:
Fabric pots, I've found 3, 4 and 5gal to be best depending on the size of plant. Usually 3gal. The cheaper the better, but I buy them as often as I can at my local hydro store.

I still hand/top water because my absolute main focus on my whole grow is "less moving parts", less things to maintain or fix even if that means my hands in the room daily. It gets old, especially if I'm just trying to have some drinks on the weekend or something.
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Ok, the automated systems seem to fail often then?
 
PopAndSonGrows

PopAndSonGrows

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ymustuknow said:
Ok, the automated systems seem to fail often then?
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I couldn't really say either way, I've read plenty of accounts both ways; some people always having to tweak or fix stuff, plenty of others have a nice hands-free setup that doesn't require daily visits. It's a variable i eliminate fully by hand watering
 
ymustuknow

ymustuknow

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PopAndSonGrows said:
I couldn't really say either way, I've read plenty of accounts both ways; some people always having to tweak or fix stuff, plenty of others have a nice hands-free setup that doesn't require daily visits. It's a variable i eliminate fully by hand watering
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I plan on daily visits, but would like a automated feed if possible, but it'd need to be reliable
 
Bose

Bose

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I always hand water 2 times a day i gallon each time about 20% runoff. I also give a gallon of straight water to run off ahead of my feed every three days. My plant is doing good.20230908_181153.jpg
 
Fangthane

Fangthane

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Sooner or later, everything fails. Submersible pumps don't run forever; salt build-up could clog the 1/4" drip lines, manifolds or emitters; timer could short out. Like anything else with moving parts, there's gonna be upkeep involved. When I start coco, I'm definitely going to go automated before long, and I'll be sure to keep a spare of all electrical components on hand just in case.
 
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