How do you guys set up your coco.

gooshpoo

gooshpoo

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Ive been using Promix HP and so far I'm pretty happy with it, but I really don't want to just get stuck in one way I want to try different things and then settle on a forever medium. So I got some Canna coir bricks and my question to you all is. How do you guys set up your coco?
I'm not doing a hydroponic system just top feeding a gallon at a time. I'm using 5 gallon fabric pots on top of those AC Infinity wicking trays.
Now that you know my general setup how would you all go about using coco?
I was really hoping for something pretty simple like just coco in a pot.
Should I be making a soil type mixture instead? Something with compost and aeration? There are just so many options and things I could try Id like to have some other peoples inputs on how they do it.
 
TCH

TCH

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gooshpoo said:
Ive been using Promix HP and so far I'm pretty happy with it, but I really don't want to just get stuck in one way I want to try different things and then settle on a forever medium. So I got some Canna coir bricks and my question to you all is. How do you guys set up your coco?
I'm not doing a hydroponic system just top feeding a gallon at a time. I'm using 5 gallon fabric pots on top of those AC Infinity wicking trays.
Now that you know my general setup how would you all go about using coco?
I was really hoping for something pretty simple like just coco in a pot.
Should I be making a soil type mixture instead? Something with compost and aeration? There are just so many options and things I could try Id like to have some other peoples inputs on how they do it.
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I soak the Canna brick in a bucket of ro water. Break up and stir occasionally to speed up the process a bit. Once it's fully expanded, I drain it. I them rinse with a couple gallons of weak nutrient solution to buffer it. I just pour enough over it each time to saturate it and get it to runoff. Let it sit for a few and then rinse again. After a couple times, I will check the runoff to make sure it is at or below the ppm of my solution. Once it's ready, I let it sit for a few hours or over night to drain some more. Then I put it in pots. I don't use perlite. I use the floracaps and a drip dtw system.

Are you just using the aci trays to catch your runoff? Or are you actually going to use them as a wicking bottom feeder? I would advise against bottom feeding coco.
 
MickFoster

MickFoster

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I've been growing in coco for decades and wouldn't use anything else.
Hydrate your coco using tap water in a 5 gallon bucket.
Scoop out and squeeze the excess water out of your coco.
Place in another bucket with a calmag solution using tap water and let it sit overnight.
Scoop out and squeeze excess water out.........you're ready to plant. I like to add about 30% perlite.
Start in solo cups and start feeding a light nute solution to run off starting around day 3 from sprout........feed daily after 3-4 days.
Transplant to larger pot about 2 weeks from sprout and continue feeding to run off daily.........feed twice a day in flower.
Always feed daily and adjust your pH to around 6.0.
Never plain water.
Never, ever let the coco get dry.
Good luck.
 
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gooshpoo

gooshpoo

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TCH said:
I soak the Canna brick in a bucket of ro water. Break up and stir occasionally to speed up the process a bit. Once it's fully expanded, I drain it. I them rinse with a couple gallons of weak nutrient solution to buffer it. I just pour enough over it each time to saturate it and get it to runoff. Let it sit for a few and then rinse again. After a couple times, I will check the runoff to make sure it is at or below the ppm of my solution. Once it's ready, I let it sit for a few hours or over night to drain some more. Then I put it in pots. I don't use perlite. I use the floracaps and a drip dtw system.

Are you just using the aci trays to catch your runoff? Or are you actually going to use them as a wicking bottom feeder? I would advise against bottom feeding coco.
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for the Promix I have been bottom feeding but thanks for the tip i will take out the wicks.
 
gooshpoo

gooshpoo

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I might try a single pot and see how it goes from how you guys are doing it a hydro system seems the way to go for coco XD feeding multiple times a day is a lot of work doing it by hand
 
TCH

TCH

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gooshpoo said:
I might try a single pot and see how it goes from how you guys are doing it a hydro system seems the way to go for coco XD feeding multiple times a day is a lot of work doing it by hand
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By hand is the way of the caveman. Drip irrigation is definitely less hands on once it's setup. But if you are watering one pot by hand, 2 or 3 isn't too bad. It's just so much nicer to mix up 10 or 15 gallons at a time instead of multiple 1 gallon jugs.
 
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