burgertime2010
Well-Known Member
The crowd here is looking for game-changing advice, as you should, and also to save money....I am saying simply that both are possible. There is no "best" way...only what works better and without as much labor. A lot of people will tell you what "works for them" but the implications are troublesome when baking a cake isn't actually as easy as pie. So, I am gonna just say my peace and I hope it helps. 1st the charging of coco is very important if you are using off brand non-treated coco( I don't recommend this be where you bargain hunt) but this is essential. Break that buffer, bring it down to 5.8 and cal mag will act as an electrolyte to stabilize ph. Skipping this step causes a tendency to increase transplant shock and more pronounced ph swings. Next, coco specific nutrients are an issue because they cost a lot and may be hype. What I have begun doing is ebb and flow Coco tables(bottom feeding) and avoid using premium nutes during veg and the first 10-14 days of flowering....Dyna grow basically,and a few other additives I have come to like. Financially, It went from making sense because I was broke to something that made apparent the way I had been naïve in the nutrient dept. My top-shelf taste didn't have to cost as much. With a coco grow,plants require a bit less ppm than other soilless mediums with the exception of cal-mag. Most coco grows are drain to waste and by-and-large 20%(a good runoff) is flushed away. So, ebb and flow gets more miles as it is reused for a week typically. I use it for double that sometimes and as long as I flush every 2 weeks( leach salt-buildup/ reset coco buffer), I get tremendous vigor. For years, I have used a combo of organic/synthetic/and benficial microbes, this changed after my 1st ebb and flow. I got gnats, slime, algae, and a shitty yield.....the organics were rotting. Basic funk, but it clearly was unrelenting.....enztmes, peroxide, pest control just made it over-complicated. In veg, these were not needed......and adding organic additives was important. However once flower initiation began I ran a sterile setup with simply adding "ZONe" by dutch masters and not only did my life become far easier, everything was pristine, and they are beautiful monsters. I think we can all save time, energy and cash but are more likely to waste these and wonder how? I would like to hear anything related to this idea or answer questions if I can.
