Depends if your talking max nutes to a chart/bottle or max nutes to what the plants visiblly taking up? So many variables like pot size and mixed or plain Coco..
It is a very flexible medium. I only use it for autos, but autos flourish in it. And autos can take a daily feeding at max a lot more readliy than photos. They grow fast and big and I get a lot of veg time every time anymore. The Butt Method of feeding seems to increase growth as well. I’m not sold that my coco/water plants get any bigger than an auto in a 10 of coco. But I now know in coco, an auto can easily fill a ten. All my tens are already filled to the edges and too to bottom in my tens. Who knew?
Cool! I can’t wait for that. I’ve been seeing the all perlite grows and some do it real well. Just another hydro thing to me, I don’t quite see the advantage yet. But I’m game to learn.
Fast growth, and fast reactions to changes, both good and bad.
Yeah but how often do you have to water it? And do you feed every time if it’s multiple waterings per day? I assume you have to keep it always moist, yes? And thank you!
Also since it won’t grab the calmag, do you therefore use less?
Sorry @Melville Hobbes , one more, lol…what about starting seedlings in pure perlite? Isn’t that tricky or no? I’ve found it daunting up to now for some reason every time I considered trying it. That part in particular, not sure why. Anything to know there?
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Did I say one more? I meant two or three. Lol - Heh. So if the light and airy nature of the beast lends itself to root growth, and I get that, then do the roots indeed outgrow a regular 70/30 coco-perlite medium or 50/50 or whatever? And is it therefore necessary to use larger pots? Damn, I’m asking so many questions about this cuz from a wheelchair perspective, hell, I could actually lift a ten gallon pot of wet perlite. Not a chance with coco or soil, my limit is a seven. It potentially could greatly decrease my workload in terms of the physicality part. I love working, and must have been a farmer somewhere in a previous life. However, for me, the more I work the more pain I’m in. I only have the upper half of my stomache muscles - that’s right where the line is for me. Anything lighter is awesome. So thanks very much.
Hey GuysOur coco since we’re close to the source is coco peat
Its important to note. I did a youtube on it but ai’ll update with a vimeo as its better for linking. Its the white bit the coconut and some internal husk. It looks like lush silk soil - really like something out of the Sears catalogue ladies section
Coco coir is the chunkier outer husk and the bricks are that dehydrated. Almost wood chips.
Ours is delivered with 20% perlite added and myco. Some such as @Keffka contend that myco in coco is pointless.
Keffka? I thought that madness when you told me. But now I think not completely pointless but not a big deal you miss it. I understand the science of what you were saying about it now.
Why 50/50?
The two solo cups in my 5x5 in this very grow are coco peat for the OGK and perlite for the Bubba Kush. So we have a live experiment.
It just feels right to me watching them grow.
BUT - Prof Bugbee has a video where they tested it to death and decided the best mediium for growing hemp was 48% Coco 48% Perlite and 4% the rest vermili whatever and whatever.
So I’m not claiming it to be my idea by any means!
Also good point Mel - my Farmer mate Ph’s in coco indoors but not outdoors!
Bill (and I learnt from him) is religious about 5.8 in indoors but yeah - just realised he doesn’t greenhouse, right @Bill284 ?
Grow in coco, feed to run off every day with the low end of the nute manufacturers range and Ph to 5.8
Honestly - you will grow amazing plants. Promise its that easy.
I did it hempy style, so there's a res at the bottom of the bucket.
I mostly found it wasn't needed, except for certain strains, like Black Sugar. Then it didn't take much, so yes, I would try less first.
I just pop the seed in the perlite, about half a cm to 1 cm deep, and use a spray bottle to soak the perlite, giving it another spray every 12 hours or so. About 36 hours later I'm seeing movement.
I haven't used coco, so I can't say how different it would be from those mixes, but as @bluter says, one litre of hempy is worth one gallon of soil.
Same salts as every other synthetic nutrient, so I'm not sure why you're thinking differently. You might have been misled by another member here
1% Kelp in the 9-7-14 and 2% Kelp in the new 8-12-28 2 part formula, I don't like that they added that in the new 2 part. 9-7-14 used to have Chitosan added but not anymore.
When I use Remo or Plagron nutrients, my catch trays have a 1/2" of solid buildup.
