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When switching from Coco/Perlite to amended Coco/Soil mix? What size containers?

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NewGrower2011

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So in preparing to make this 1st attempt to use an amended coco/soil mix as I've detailed on other threads, I'm now starting to prepare the actual final flower pots and it struck me to pose the question as to what size pots would I want to use?

To date, I've used 3 gallon and 5 gallon with good results. I think in this last run though I had 1x 5 gallon outperforming a 2x 3 gallon - same strain/same nutes/same lighting... Its' like the 2 setups with 5 gallon pots drink up the nutes/water where the 2x 3 gallon setup was actually getting standing water in the bottom of my trays and then not drinking it up very fast at all... where the other 5 gallon ones would already be ready for their next watering cycle...

So in Coco they say you can go smaller... should I be thinking 3 =5 in this amended soil/coco mix attempt and maybe bump up the 5 gallon's to 7 gallons? I'm thinking I'll ditch the 2x 3gallon setup and stay with just the 5 gallon setup but heavily considering making those 7 gallons...

I'm also thinking drip-to-waste or maybe some recycling version of a top-drip approach... I had previously been doing flood & drain in my custom trays that can pretty much handle either of the 2 setups mentioned... but in this last run I just used hand-watering in trays with no drainage... hence the standing water/nutes issue I had on the 2x 3gal setup.
 
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NewGrower2011

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Nobody? Come on organics crowd! I'm ready to mash the checkout button on my Amazon cart!

In lieu of any advise I'm starting to think the 7 gallon allows me to handle a long running strain and not need to supplement until the very end of flowering hopefully. Most likely I'd be putting 5 or 6 gallons in leaving the top gallon for top-dressing later on in the cycle... How do you guys handle leaving space for top-dressing? Do you fill your pots with media all the way to the top of leave a small gap?

;-)
 
drekoushranada

drekoushranada

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NewGrower2011 said:
Nobody? Come on organics crowd! I'm ready to mash the checkout button on my Amazon cart!

In lieu of any advise I'm starting to think the 7 gallon allows me to handle a long running strain and not need to supplement until the very end of flowering hopefully. Most likely I'd be putting 5 or 6 gallons in leaving the top gallon for top-dressing later on in the cycle... How do you guys handle leaving space for top-dressing? Do you fill your pots with media all the way to the top of leave a small gap?

;-)
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I'm new to organics but I am using 10 gallon fabric pots with handles. I only put about 7 gallons of soil in them and left room for top dressing just like you some of.
 
greasemonkeymann

greasemonkeymann

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NewGrower2011 said:
So in preparing to make this 1st attempt to use an amended coco/soil mix as I've detailed on other threads, I'm now starting to prepare the actual final flower pots and it struck me to pose the question as to what size pots would I want to use?

To date, I've used 3 gallon and 5 gallon with good results. I think in this last run though I had 1x 5 gallon outperforming a 2x 3 gallon - same strain/same nutes/same lighting... Its' like the 2 setups with 5 gallon pots drink up the nutes/water where the 2x 3 gallon setup was actually getting standing water in the bottom of my trays and then not drinking it up very fast at all... where the other 5 gallon ones would already be ready for their next watering cycle...

So in Coco they say you can go smaller... should I be thinking 3 =5 in this amended soil/coco mix attempt and maybe bump up the 5 gallon's to 7 gallons? I'm thinking I'll ditch the 2x 3gallon setup and stay with just the 5 gallon setup but heavily considering making those 7 gallons...

I'm also thinking drip-to-waste or maybe some recycling version of a top-drip approach... I had previously been doing flood & drain in my custom trays that can pretty much handle either of the 2 setups mentioned... but in this last run I just used hand-watering in trays with no drainage... hence the standing water/nutes issue I had on the 2x 3gal setup.
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I haven't heard that using coco, will allow you to use a smaller pot, the CEC of coco isn't as good as peat or leaf mold, so i'm curious as to why that'd be better?
The rule I use is simple, 2 gallons of organic soil per foot of growth, so if you go three foot plants, go with a six gal, etc.
the way I look at it, is get the 7 gals, that way you can always grow a bigger plant.
more is almost always better, assuming you don't overwater or don't have enough aeration.
 
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