Rinse coco before flipping???

I have some botanicare clearex. I have a little salt buildup in my coco/perlite also. Should I rinse the coco before putting in the flower room? Is so just my ro water and clearex? And how many runs of that? Thanx in advanace all you hedy ass coco mfers!!!!

Mexicanhedies2003 said:

I have some botanicare clearex. I have a little salt buildup in my coco/perlite also. Should I rinse the coco before putting in the flower room? Is so just my ro water and clearex? And how many runs of that? Thanx in advanace all you hedy ass coco mfers!!!!

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Only onto my 3rd coco grow,
with my thinking You would go off your run off....
How much higher is it then you want it to be and rinse rinse with light nutes mix till you get your desired run off

budolskie said:

Only onto my 3rd coco grow,
with my thinking You would go off your run off....
How much higher is it then you want it to be and rinse rinse with light nutes mix till you get your desired run off

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Gotcha. Without a buildup would you rinse before flipping? Thought i read that somewhere but I dunno.

Mexicanhedies2003 said:

Gotcha. Without a buildup would you rinse before flipping? Thought i read that somewhere but I dunno.

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Nope

I would only flush if the ec wouldn't come down.

Mexicanhedies2003 said:

Gotcha. Without a buildup would you rinse before flipping? Thought i read that somewhere but I dunno.

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If my run off e.c was close enough to what i was putting in then no i wouldnt rinse, only if the run off is higher then i want i will make a weak mix of feed then rinse till the run off is lower

What makes you think you have salt build up?
Do you always feed to run off?

MickFoster said:

What makes you think you have salt build up?
Do you always feed to run off?

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Run off was higher. Always feed to run off but may not have been feeding frequent enough.

Just feed more when you feed. I am feeding coco by hand 2x a day in late flower. Only needed once a day in veg though.
When you feed new nutes in coco, you are flushing it. You flush out the old used nutes and put in fresh at the right ph and ppm each time you feed.

Recharge makes every plant I use it on look better. I use it every couple of weeks or so by itself a few hrs before feeding. It also has molasses in it and those sugars might be breaking down salts and pls somebody that knows save me form myself....

If ec just climbs no matter what, then use a flushing solution, I use Flora Kleen per directions. Worked great the only time I used it, will have that bottle forever I think.

No, don't flush, ALWAYS feed to plenty of runoff and you will essentially be "flushing" the excess salts out with every single feed. Don't let the coco dry out either, besides not feeding to runoff, that's the other mistake people make that creates excess salts in coco. You should be feeding minimum twice per day once you're in flower.

2ltrs in the morning 2ltrs in the afternoon while in flower

If your runoff is around 200ppm higher you're good

Don't waste your money on the Clearex nonsense. It's just glucose and sucrose. In other words sugar water.

This is the second thread in a couple days with someone asking about a flush at the flip. Who are they listening to? Where's you deductive reasoning? Major life cycle change for the plant and you're going to take away her dinner. How would you feel if you were starved during puberty? Some of us were, feed your girl.

budolskie said:

2ltrs in the morning 2ltrs in the afternoon while in flower View attachment 4881816

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What size pots are those? Ive been mixing 12 gallons for 19 3 gal pots. My coco stays fully hydrated for almost 48 hrs tho. At 48 the top is just starting to dry. Good ventilation, air movement, and plenty of perlite tho.

xtsho said:

Don't waste your money on the Clearex nonsense. It's just glucose and sucrose. In other words sugar water.

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xtsho said:

Don't waste your money on the Clearex nonsense. It's just glucose and sucrose. In other words sugar water.

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Thought so. This bottle was free tho. Ever hear of hydroguard? Benneficial bacteria for the root zone. Also been using scilica and thrive alive as additives. Thoughts on those? Do you use anything besides basic nutes? Fot that I have botanicare kind nutes.

Johiem said:

This is the second thread in a couple days with someone asking about a flush at the flip. Who are they listening to? Where's you deductive reasoning? Major life cycle change for the plant and you're going to take away her dinner. How would you feel if you were starved during puberty? Some of us were, feed your girl.

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Some dude on youtube with a video showing some crispy fried plants.

Johiem said:

This is the second thread in a couple days with someone asking about a flush at the flip. Who are they listening to? Where's you deductive reasoning? Major life cycle change for the plant and you're going to take away her dinner. How would you feel if you were starved during puberty? Some of us were, feed your girl.

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Seen it in a thread somewhere. Glad I asked tho. Thx man

Gemtree said:

If your runoff is around 200ppm higher you're good

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Cool. Thx man

Mexicanhedies2003 said:

Thought so. This bottle was free tho. Ever hear of hydroguard? Benneficial bacteria for the root zone. Also been using scilica and thrive alive as additives. Thoughts on those? Do you use anything besides basic nutes? Fot that I have botanicare kind nutes.

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Look at the label. The ingredients are listed. 3% Glucose, 1.5% sucrose, 95.5% inert ingredients = water.

I just use basic nutrients myself. Keep the plant healthy from start to finish and you'll have a good harvest.