First coco grow

Greenthumbgrower1986

Greenthumbgrower1986

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Hi all currently on my first photoperiod plant in coco(usually autos in soil). Just wanted to get someone's opinion on this girl, she looks a little light. She is 12 days old in ecothrive coco with charge. She had plain tap water days 1-7(230ppm 5.9ph) then moved to 0.6ml per litre of shogun A +B and 0.5ml per litre of shogun silicon(397ppm 5.9ph) been watering every 2 to 3 days, she was moved up a pot size 2 days ago as her roots were hanging out of the bottom of the pot. Temps are 25°c rh 55%
 

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420drummer

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In coco u want to water everyday til decent runoff. Also every watering should have nutes. I never water with just water it’s always nute solution. I start seedlings around 300-350 ppm and go up every week or so about 100-150 ppm. Usually by week 4 I’m at 800 ppm and usually never go over 900 ppm or so.
 
Greenthumbgrower1986

Greenthumbgrower1986

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So
420drummer said:
In coco u want to water everyday til decent runoff. Also every watering should have nutes. I never water with just water it’s always nute solution. I start seedlings around 300-350 ppm and go up every week or so about 100-150 ppm. Usually by week 4 I’m at 800 ppm and usually never go over 900 ppm or so.
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even when the plant is small still water to run off? . I didn't add nutes to start as ppm of tap water is around the 300ppm mark and already high in calcium
 
MickFoster

MickFoster

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Greenthumbgrower1986 said:
When I did this originally she was showing signs of overwatering
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Impossible to over water in coco unless it's a very small plant in a very big container. Coco holds 30% oxygen even when completely saturated. Perlite helps with aeration.......you might consider adding it next time, or when you transplant.
I feed daily to run off from sprout in veg and twice a day in flower.
 
MickFoster

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I find that for the first few weeks, most plants get a little droopy at times........especially just before lights out.
These plants are 2 weeks from sprout......you can see they're a bit droopy.
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This is 4 days later.......18 days from sprout.
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eyderbuddy

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she looks stressed honestly... i think there's a problem in the root zone, coco is sometimes dirty or salty.

Did you prewash the coco?
Why not coco/perlite? Coco by itself has never been a good solution for me. But with 30/40% perlite its bomb

also pure coco stays so wet that is a magnet for gnats, maybe you can't overwater a flowering plant thats full fledged drinking a gallon a day, but a small clone? i've put 500ml of solution into small pots and had clones be sad for days..
 
Greenthumbgrower1986

Greenthumbgrower1986

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eyderbuddy said:
she looks stressed honestly... i think there's a problem in the root zone, coco is sometimes dirty or salty.

Did you prewash the coco?
Why not coco/perlite? Coco by itself has never been a good solution for me. But with 30/40% perlite its bomb

also pure coco stays so wet that is a magnet for gnats
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I did origanlly start with coco perlite in 1 pot and plain coco in the other and the one with perlite took longer to dry. This is her roots
 

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MickFoster

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Greenthumbgrower1986 said:
What should my next steps be then. I'm close to throwing it and starting again in soil
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No reason to throw it out.......your plants aren't that bad. Coco is simple.
Start feeding with low nutes to substantial run off at a pH around 6.0.
Feed daily, never plain water, and never let the coco get dry.

What size pots are those?
 
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