Over Watering Coco?

outlier

outlier

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I like the hempy trick to help the roots get to the res faster by watering about 1-2" around the stem until the plant settles into the new pot. Water the whole pot when the top of the coco dries. Couple rounds of this and she'll be settled in no time :bigjoint:
 
Greedy-Green

Greedy-Green

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Yeah that's a good idea man tbf iv never thought of doing that tbf normally I use soil and photoperiod plants so I just transplant from plastic cups to 1gal to 3gal it's just autos I don't like to transplant
Thanks for reply
Happy Farmin
 
lawlrus

lawlrus

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That's probably the most dangerous piece of coco advice ever and it almost killed several of my plants when I first went to straight coco as a medium. You absolutely can overwater coco in any situation where the root system is not well established throughout the container. Seedlings, plants in very early veg starting in larger containers, recent transplants (particularly transplants from very small containers to very large containers, for example 4" pot to 3gal pot without an intermediary transplant) are all at risk for overwatering with coco. With seedlings and transplants especially, the wet-dry-wet cycle is an important step in establishing the root system and should not be ignored.

However -- there ARE issues with coco getting bone dry, so it's a delicate balance. The way I recommend you approach it is to treat it as a soil grow during the seedling and very early veg stage, and then go crazy with the waterings once the root system is established and your environment is dialed in. Keep in mind that you can get away with multiple (i.e. 2-4 or even more) waterings per day with coco, but typically you need to either be feeding without runoff or using smaller containers for mature plants to do that.


Also, if you're running these in a cold environment, remember that the root zone is likely to be between 10-20 degrees cooler than the canopy level, and the root growth will be considerably slower in a cold environment than a warm one. In my experience, coco really does not like the cold, but that's pretty much anything really.
 
outlier

outlier

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lawlrus said:
That's probably the most dangerous piece of coco advice ever and it almost killed several of my plants when I first went to straight coco as a medium. You absolutely can overwater coco in any situation where the root system is not well established throughout the container. Seedlings, plants in very early veg starting in larger containers, recent transplants (particularly transplants from very small containers to very large containers, for example 4" pot to 3gal pot without an intermediary transplant) are all at risk for overwatering with coco. With seedlings and transplants especially, the wet-dry-wet cycle is an important step in establishing the root system and should not be ignored.

However -- there ARE issues with coco getting bone dry, so it's a delicate balance. The way I recommend you approach it is to treat it as a soil grow during the seedling and very early veg stage, and then go crazy with the waterings once the root system is established and your environment is dialed in. Keep in mind that you can get away with multiple (i.e. 2-4 or even more) waterings per day with coco, but typically you need to either be feeding without runoff or using smaller containers for mature plants to do that.


Also, if you're running these in a cold environment, remember that the root zone is likely to be between 10-20 degrees cooler than the canopy level, and the root growth will be considerably slower in a cold environment than a warm one. In my experience, coco really does not like the cold, but that's pretty much anything really.
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Absolutely. Watering frequently and not draining the runoff properly I've found will also overwater coco :bigjoint:
 
Greedy-Green

Greedy-Green

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Thanks for the advice as I said I am not used to coco I will Allways stick to putting autos straight into finishing pot as too much can go wrong and autos do not have time to recover as I have said befor, I will tell me mate that he was not correct and u can over water coco as he obviously has, he works on a ebb and flow table so runoff is all drained away immediately but I'm sure he has been watering once daily as he read up on coco and this is what he was adviced
Thanks for the help guys, I think personally I'll stick with what I know .....dwc and soil
Happy Farming
 
Greedy-Green

Greedy-Green

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I guess u learn from other people mistakes too as if I do go coco I'll be making sure I don't make same mistakes
Thanks again
Happy Farmin
 
lawlrus

lawlrus

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Learning from the mistakes of others is way easier and more fun than making your own mistakes, although there are some things that you just have to learn from experience.
 
Greedy-Green

Greedy-Green

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Tbf when I fist started growing I quickly realised that at least half of the stuff I have read or watched only worked for certain people or certain strains more likely and have lost plants trying out ideas from other growers, experience is everything with cannabis IMO and we learn every grow
 
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