Opinions on bluelab pulse? Worth the money for Coco growers?

Hanrahan

Member
I'm wanting to start taking volumetric WC readings in coco. Anyone doing this, why, and what do you think of the device and the cost? Ty for your time.
 

1212ham

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I'm wanting to start taking volumetric WC readings in coco. Anyone doing this, why, and what do you think of the device and the cost? Ty for your time.
I see little use for a moisture meter with coco, just feed frequently. Blue Lab is good but over priced, especially the Pulse.
Around $20-40 will buy a good EC meter, I bought two used COM-80 EC meters for less than $10 each on ebay and they work just fine, unlike the inaccurate $10 no name meters they replaced.
 

Star Dog

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No not for coco, coco shouldn't need measured it should be kept wet.
A ec meter is an essential tool for coco, I'd put the money for pulse towards a blue lab ec truncheon.
 

Hanrahan

Member
I've got a truncheon and a guardian. I'm reading all this stuff bout crop steering and % mc. Gotta dial em in for vegetative and generative gives me a headache! Ive always grown in peat based substrates this is my 2cd coco run. First one was awesome, second one I started using jacks 321 cause I had a bunch. Plus went from 3 gal pots to one gal and some two gal. Freaking mg deficiency maybe some calcium first week of flower!!#$_-++-&!?!& I never have these issues where I can't find a cause. Pulling my hair out. If I didn't know better I'd say I was over-watering. This is the stuff that made me wanna get one. All my runoff and pH is good starting h20 is 30 ppm. I ended up getting one and it's just more variables to consider. Shit that I don't and never had considered in the past. I'm rambling sry bro. Appreciate your input✌
 

rkymtnman

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I've got a truncheon and a guardian. I'm reading all this stuff bout crop steering and % mc. Gotta dial em in for vegetative and generative gives me a headache! Ive always grown in peat based substrates this is my 2cd coco run. First one was awesome, second one I started using jacks 321 cause I had a bunch. Plus went from 3 gal pots to one gal and some two gal. Freaking mg deficiency maybe some calcium first week of flower!!#$_-++-&!?!& I never have these issues where I can't find a cause. Pulling my hair out. If I didn't know better I'd say I was over-watering. This is the stuff that made me wanna get one. All my runoff and pH is good starting h20 is 30 ppm. I ended up getting one and it's just more variables to consider. Shit that I don't and never had considered in the past. I'm rambling sry bro. Appreciate your input✌
did you re-use the same coco?

and if your 1st set of nutes worked, i'd go back to them.
 

Billy the Mountain

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I see little use for a moisture meter with coco, just feed frequently. Blue Lab is good but over priced, especially the Pulse.
Around $20-40 will buy a good EC meter, I bought two used COM-80 EC meters for less than $10 each on ebay and they work just fine, unlike the inaccurate $10 no name meters they replaced.
Agreed, the COM-80 ~$30 new is accurate and reliable, the screen sucks but who cares if the numbers are reliable.
The $10 EC meters are junk, the readings are unreliable even after calibration.
 
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