New Grower GO Box And Coco
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I dont water everyday. I do like to let it run dry'ish then flood it. Keeps the roots healthy. Late flower I water almost every 2-3 or even 4 days. I'm using LED, but with HID it was a different story, I'd have to water every single day starting mid-flower. Not anymore and I've never had such healthy big root systems :cough:
I was doing that too but for the first couple times i was getting a cal/mag def after not watering it for 2 days i tried upping the cal/mag each time to hope it would compensate but had no such luck so every day it is
Yeah, I was talking in general terms. When they're really young I like to water more often to make sure I dont indadvertedly dry out the root development. But a dry'ish condition forces the root to search out for water, so the plant's energy is directed to root making. Once it finds how "far" it can go, then in starts pumping growth upwards. This effect is very very noticeable in coco, so you can take advantage of it. A bit tricky to find the sweet spot, but not hard to figure out. The bigger the root system, the bigger the plant!
I do water more often, but mainly to keep the pH from drifting, I also feed at pH 5.5 until the second or third pairs of leaves show up, then up to 5.7-5.9 mid flower, where I raise to 6.0 - 6.3. I've never heard of cal mag def due to dry coco... could be your brand of coco is not washed and pH buffered..? I use Canna Pro +... But doesn't really matter as long as you've got it locked down :thumbs:
I do water more often, but mainly to keep the pH from drifting, I also feed at pH 5.5 until the second or third pairs of leaves show up, then up to 5.7-5.9 mid flower, where I raise to 6.0 - 6.3. I've never heard of cal mag def due to dry coco... could be your brand of coco is not washed and pH buffered..? I use Canna Pro +... But doesn't really matter as long as you've got it locked down :thumbs:
yea i hear ya plus i have heard that the second time around with the coco is really good since it has been conditioned already but yea i bought some random brand from my hydro store down the road next time it will be the more high end stuff but def love it will never switch it up i have had friends go hydro and others go soil and they look at my plants with amazement and its my first grow the only thing i will switch up is more lights and diff nutes the go box has done good work but not as well as others i keep seeing on AFN what line do you use groff?
Definitely get "proper" coco... it has dozens of different uses and different setups, so getting the "right" type of coco is definitely better. I use Canna Coco Professional Plus (14€ for 50L), and among many things they add trichoderma mould to the coco for beneficial microbial boosting and pythium protection. Canna Coco A&B (NOT the COGr line of nutes and slabs!), Rhizotonic (root stim) and Cannazym. But I've started using Sensizym instead, and for sugars I use Carboload (Canna's sugar addititive is Bioboost but wasn't conviced). Oh, and Canna pK 13/14 of course.
But nothing set in stone, always learning and trying new combo's
I'm currently testing an AutoXtreme bean with organic Biobizz in coco. The company itself recommended I woulnd't, that I would run into al ot of problems, but at day 70 they're looking great... mental note, must update my diary...
But nothing set in stone, always learning and trying new combo's
I'm currently testing an AutoXtreme bean with organic Biobizz in coco. The company itself recommended I woulnd't, that I would run into al ot of problems, but at day 70 they're looking great... mental note, must update my diary...Going to next run for sure i have also been using some Humboldt County's Own Crystal Burst its a pk booster has a npk of 0-15-15 im going to try all Humboldt's Own on my next run only thing is its synthetic nutes but hey gotta try them sometime see what works best for me
