Grow Mediums Help me get the best start in coco

[MeefChief]

I have recently embarked upon my first official coco grow, and I have noticed that my girls have noticeably slower growth compared to soil. Can you guys tell me what tricks you have up your sleeve to get your girls started quick? How often are you watering? My girls seem to be happy to me color wise and they love the light, but I've seen other guys get them up quicker right off the rip. As we all know, every day counts with autoflowers and I would like to advance my growing techniques. I do not check PPM or EC, I adjusted my simple soil feeding accordingly.


I started my girls off at this rate for the first 10 days;
0.5 mL/L Sensi Coco A&B
Full strength (5 drops per L) H&G Roots Excelurator Gold

Starting day 11, I adjusted to;
1 mL/L Sensi Coco A&B
Full strength (5 drops per L) H&G Roots Excelurator Gold
2 mL/L AN B52



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[Wile e Peyote]

I always start the same in coco using ronins germination method found here I then mix up 5 ltrs of feed for 2 pots I use 10 and 15 ltr pots the feed is always 1/4 strength base nutes at the moment I'm using advanced nutes coco A+B growth tech liquid silica and canna rhizotonic and for the past few grows I haven't used cal mag for the first 2 to 3 weeks my feed for prewatering my pots 2 days before I plant my seeds with 0.5 ml liquid silica 2 ml rhizotonic(half strength) and 1 ml AN grow A+B (each) per ltr of water and water in a ltr and a half into each pot slowly (my ph is 5.7) I also mix my feeds the night before adjust the ph then adjust before I feed if needed I always plant in to the final container when the seeds are germed I water them in with around 100 ml of the left over prewatering feed then chuck it away because the next feed I'm upping the rhizotonic to full strength (4ml per ltr) now both rhizotonic and silica will raise your ph you will use a fair bit of ph down to get the ph under control (that's why I mix my nutes the night before) I will make up 5 ltrs again (easier to adjust the ph) same everything but full strength rhizotonic and try to water every day cant say how much just wing it for the first week water straight down on the root riot cube slowly making the tap root get to the bottom of the pot as fast as possible and always test your ph before every feed veg (5.7 to5.9) and flower (5.8 to 6.2) after the 5 ltrs has ran out next feed mix up your base nutes by 0.25 per ltr and keep doing it every new feed till you get slight tip burn then back off the base nutes a bit (around 0.25 ml per ltr)
day 7

day 14 with torture

day 21

like I said dude its trail and error good god imagine the mess if I tried to grow in soil ha ha

 

[marywanther]

I always start the same in coco using ronins germination method found here I then mix up 5 ltrs of feed for 2 pots I use 10 and 15 ltr pots the feed is always 1/4 strength base nutes at the moment I'm using advanced nutes coco A+B growth tech liquid silica and canna rhizotonic and for the past few grows I haven't used cal mag for the first 2 to 3 weeks my feed for prewatering my pots 2 days before I plant my seeds with 0.5 ml liquid silica 2 ml rhizotonic(half strength) and 1 ml AN grow A+B (each) per ltr of water and water in a ltr and a half into each pot slowly (my ph is 5.7) I also mix my feeds the night before adjust the ph then adjust before I feed if needed I always plant in to the final container when the seeds are germed I water them in with around 100 ml of the left over prewatering feed then chuck it away because the next feed I'm upping the rhizotonic to full strength (4ml per ltr) now both rhizotonic and silica will raise your ph you will use a fair bit of ph down to get the ph under control (that's why I mix my nutes the night before) I will make up 5 ltrs again (easier to adjust the ph) same everything but full strength rhizotonic and try to water every day cant say how much just wing it for the first week water straight down on the root riot cube slowly making the tap root get to the bottom of the pot as fast as possible and always test your ph before every feed veg (5.7 to5.9) and flower (5.8 to 6.2) after the 5 ltrs has ran out next feed mix up your base nutes by 0.25 per ltr and keep doing it every new feed till you get slight tip burn then back off the base nutes a bit (around 0.25 ml per ltr)
day 7

day 14 with torture

day 21

like I said dude its trail and error good god imagine the mess if I tried to grow in soil ha ha

Whats the best way to order seeds, do I have to my credit card

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[MeefChief]

Whats the best way to order seeds, do I have to my credit card

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I'm only going to advise you to order seeds if it's legal where you live. If you do not wish to use your credit card, go to a local store and purchase a pre-paid Visa debit card.

 

[growling]

Or pay in act of delivery option if possible.