Grow Mediums A-Train needs info on the coco for future run... help a brother out.

[MeefChief]

So you guys recommend light feeding from day one?

 

[Fantasy Island]

So you guys recommend light feeding from day one?

Yup, feed every time. I stay at 1/4 strength. for the first two weeks then I go to 1/2 (based of course on how they respond)

 

[pop22]

GH is owned by Monsanto now. Monsanto is the antichrist of the gardening world! Ditch GH products!

Glad to hear you are stepping up to coco coir. It is like the greatest soil/promix ever. So spongy, and just full of air and water. I have used the GH coco several times, and think it is a 4.5 out of 5. It is a little coarser and faster draining, than a few others I have liked more. That is the only negative I could say. I had no issue with toxic salt build up, and I did not have to pre-rinse it. I always let a block soak over night to fully swell and defoliate. GH was the best for reconstituting. It sucked up the nutrient solution quick.
The best coco I have used is FibreDust brand. It reminds me of the texture of Proven Winners soil. Just perfect, and the best earthy humus smell. I think that BeatsPeat is a close second. Not quite as spongy and sweet smelling. Both take all night to reconstitute fully and soften enough to fluff up by hand properly.

 

[Hal 8999]

I could give a shit less about who makes the nutrients. It is about results for me. If it works the best, that is what I will be using. GH works the best for me.

 

[pop22]

A-train, i'm a new coco gr0ower also, and using autopots for the first time. I'm using Grow More Sea Grow 16-16-16. Its a combination of organics and mineral nutes.
i've been feeding based on ppm, i find it easier than messing with teaspon.ml/etc for measuring and I like to know the exact strength of my solution. I add 100-125 ppm of cal/mag and 320 ppm of grow more for 450 ppm total. so far, my plant looks excellent.

 

[pop22]

Well, do your homework, because you should give a shit! You can support a company that sues farmers for "letting their crop be pollinated" by Monsanto seed crop on someone else s land, When they sell sterile seed with built in roundup to third world countries to control the food crop, sue heirloom seed banks for using names they "patented", design and promote genetically modified seed, etc etc, its time to start caring. There is a lot of other nutes as good as or even MUCH better than anything GH has. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if there aren't developing ways to destroy hemp and cannabis.

but its ok, you just go ahead and be oblivious!

I could give a shit less about who makes the nutrients. It is about results for me. If it works the best, that is what I will be using. GH works the best for me.

 

[pop22]

exactly why my soil mix uses coco instead of peat!

That's funny. I love it when people come down here and are shocked by some of the coco grows. I really wish my old pics weren't missing. I've done almost everything that can be done with coco. Even my outdoor garden is coco and our compost(compost my kids maintain ). Unlike peat coco doesn't take millions of years to create. The damage miracle grow and fox farms have done to the peat bogs is unrepairable. I'd like to see everyone switch to it.

 

[Hal 8999]

Having a different outlook does not make me oblivious. I am very familiar with the Monsanto Corp. My family is a farming family. I will not be getting into a social/political debate about commercial farming. You have obviously made your mind up, and I do not come here to better the world. Just help people grow better herb, and learn a thing or two myself. You can have your opinions, and I can have mine. See how the world keeps spinning? Also, Koolbloom is the best bloom booster out there.

 

[Bromeo]

Having a different outlook does not make me oblivious. I am very familiar with the Monsanto Corp. My family is a farming family. I will not be getting into a social/political debate about commercial farming. You have obviously made your mind up, and I do not come here to better the world. Just help people grow better herb, and learn a thing or two myself. You can have your opinions, and I can have mine. See how the world keeps spinning? Also, Koolbloom is the best bloom booster out there.

If you don't come here to better the world then don't bother coming here at all.

 

[pop22]

I'm good with that. My belief however is, if your not part of the solution, your part of the problem. But as you say, to each his own!

Having a different outlook does not make me oblivious. I am very familiar with the Monsanto Corp. My family is a farming family. I will not be getting into a social/political debate about commercial farming. You have obviously made your mind up, and I do not come here to better the world. Just help people grow better herb, and learn a thing or two myself. You can have your opinions, and I can have mine. See how the world keeps spinning? Also, Koolbloom is the best bloom booster out there.