Coco grow

Hi MiniCooper,

I prefer Fox Farms Ocean Forest but I have dabbled just a bit in coco. I did not like it, so it never stuck with me but I can give you a little info until someone with a better answer comes along (I hate to see a question with 0 answers :) ) If you are going with straight coco, you will, at a few days or a week in, have to start with nutes and use them for pretty much every watering. I have seen growers that say it is very easy and they have great results.
Currently I have a few bags of Coco Loco from Fox Farms. This is sort of a hybrid. It is a heavy coco base but is nutrient rich. You will get a few weeks out of it before needing to add nutes.
I am having a hard time getting used to it. The coco holds water longer so the plants require less frequent watering. It is also very porous (for lack of a more descriptive term). Water seems to go right though it. I don't water to run off, but with coco I can barely help it.
This is not much, but hopefully it will help you get the attention of some coco pros.

Again, welcome. Hope you enjoy your stay :)
 
I am an old veggie and herb grower and have done a lot of growing in pots. I wish I had found coco years ago, but just learned about it with this new crop. It has all the good qualities of spagnum without the bad; light and airy while being easy to wet. Let sagnum dry and it is probably easier to get dried concrete wet. Water will run through coco fast, so I have my auto drip set to a slow flow so it has time to spread rather than run through. I like to water to just a little runnout, 3x per day, then give them a good flush once a week. But that will likely change a few times as I learn.

It is a bit acidic, so that needs to be considered for a few weeks. After that the pH has stayed the same coming out as going in. Also, I had one plant showing signs of calcium deficiency, which I learned is common with coco. A cal/ mag supplement took care of that in no time.

There are some really good threads in 420 that go into a lot of detail. For me, it's all pro-pro so far. I will be adding it to my veggie pots this spring.
Lia.
 
LiaK said:
I am an old veggie and herb grower and have done a lot of growing in pots. I wish I had found coco years ago, but just learned about it with this new crop. It has all the good qualities of spagnum without the bad; light and airy while being easy to wet. Let sagnum dry and it is probably easier to get dried concrete wet. Water will run through coco fast, so I have my auto drip set to a slow flow so it has time to spread rather than run through. I like to water to just a little runnout, 3x per day, then give them a good flush once a week. But that will likely change a few times as I learn.

It is a bit acidic, so that needs to be considered for a few weeks. After that the pH has stayed the same coming out as going in. Also, I had one plant showing signs of calcium deficiency, which I learned is common with coco. A cal/ mag supplement took care of that in no time.

There are some really good threads in 420 that go into a lot of detail. For me, it's all pro-pro so far. I will be adding it to my veggie pots this spring.
Lia.
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Hi Liak,

Thank you for the reply. This was very well explained. If you ever venture into Coco Loco, let me know :)

Also, welcome to the forum!
 
Do the coco coir, learn how to live with it and you won't look back to any other method of growing indoors.

Here's my 1 week old seedlings in coco just starting to take off. Learn from 420 magazine forums, it's free and lots of great people here :)

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