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High BC, Cool, welcome to coco land!
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High BC, Cool, welcome to coco land!
If you find any coco info, bring it by this thread
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HOW TO USE COCOPEAT IN POTTING MIXES
To improve the wettability and water holding ability for indoor and outdoor potting mixes add between 20% and 50% Cocopeat (Galuku Coir) by volume to the mix. Thoroughly mix the Cocopeat (Galuku Coir) in and add about 20 grams of Gypsum to every 100 litres of Cocopeat (Galuku Coir) used. Do not lime as Cocopeat (Galuku Coir) is not acidic. Feed the mix with liquid feed or slow release fertiliser.
Slaked plaster of Paris is nearly pure gypsum. Drywall has too much crap in it.add about 20 grams of Gypsum to every 100 litres of Cocopeat
Slaked plaster of Paris is nearly pure gypsum. Drywall has too much crap in it.
I think the stuff I'm planting now with is Botanicare, with a block of GH Cocotek on deck. Whatever is available @11 to 13 dollars per 5kg block. I didn't like the bricks I bought sometime back, but it works too. I simply pour water on the dry stuff, break it up a bit, then load into containers. I rinse under a faucet to pack it perfectly, and until the red/brown color subsides. Less flushing than hella. WTW feeding flushes away enough of the rest.What brand of coco do you use PG, and how do you prep it?
I was really discouraged when I had the trouble with that Hydrofarm brick that I didn't rinse before using, but now that I flushed the hell out of it, it's kicking ass.
The Dynamite that I incorporated into the mix seems to be working extremely well also. I think prills work a lot better in media that retain moisture well, like coco and soil.
One brand that I wouldn't use again are the Sunleaves blocks...
I think the stuff I'm planting now with is Botanicare, with a block of GH Cocotek on deck. Whatever is available @11 to 13 dollars per 5kg block. I didn't like the bricks I bought sometime back, but it works too. I simply pour water on the dry stuff, break it up a bit, then load into containers. I rinse under a faucet to pack it perfectly, and until the red/brown color subsides. Less flushing than hella. WTW feeding flushes away enough of the rest.
When I learn the exact Ca/Mg content of my source water, I might mix in gypsum and add epsom salt. CRFs look very attractive, but I'm still influenced by methods that I believe are used by very large commercial growers of vegetables. Tomatoes in your local market are likely grown in Wilcox AZ in rockwool, WTW 30%.
Pure coir may be too dense for large pots, but my little grow vessels seem to aerate sufficiently. Sweet-smelling dross is good.
How come?
When I flushed mine after I had the plants growing in it for a few weeks, it took a while before the water became clear. Lots of that reddish-brown stuff, and I have to assume lots of salt along with it.
Man, the plants are loving the stuff now.
I've read that you can treat coco like soil and that you shouldn't treat coco like soil.
Many advocate more frequent watering than soil, and to not let your coco dry out like soil before watering.
That somewhat defeats one of my favorite things about it, which is the excellent water retention and possible decreased watering frequency, but if it works better kept moist, then I won't treat it like soil.
Since it's really hard to over-water it, it lends itself to more frequent watering, but I'd rather treat it like soil if I could cause I'm lazy.
I too water my bloomers everyday except when I'm too stoned and blow it off. No harm is obvious from these occasional abuses. When I get my little pumps rigged propa to a timer, once per week attention is all they'll need. Most days, I tap two gallons into one bucket, and one gallon into another. I measure Lucas formula (H&G bottles are empty) into each, then attach the feed lines to immersion pumps and put them in the buckets. Pump until they're sucking wind and done, 10 minutes work.I hear Hempy (the person) waters his coco hempy buckets every day in bloom, and that's just not attractive to me.