[madhatta81]

Owderb has recently ran two diaries that have great tips and tricks to running coco. you can find the link Here. The newest coco diary he ran is here. coco's a fun medium to grow in, been running it for a bit now myself and haven't looked back.

[donjon]

Nice, I've been wondering why people mix their coco with hydroton?

[GreenNinja]

donjon, on Oct 20 2009, 03:41 PM, said:

Nice, I've been wondering why people mix their coco with hydroton?

No idea, presumably they think they're getting better drainage....but pure coco is great (esp. fine grade cocos like Canna or B'Cuzz). Some people put a couple of layers of hydroton in the bottom of flood and drain setups so that the roots don't sit in any water (canna doesn't like wet feet apparently).

GN

[Stealth67]

I use clay pebbles in the bottom of my pots, coco holds the water longer, but because I run air directly to the root zone via a soaker hose, I find that having clay pebbles helps stop it getting to boggy down the bottom of the pots, and easier to inject some air under the root zone.

Honestly, try it, they love it, I place the soaker hose in the clay pebbles (25%) and top up the rest of the 25L pots with coco, with a 360 dripper on top.

[GreenNinja]

Stealth67, on Oct 20 2009, 05:40 PM, said:

I use clay pebbles in the bottom of my pots, coco holds the water longer, but because I run air directly to the root zone via a soaker hose, I find that having clay pebbles helps stop it getting to boggy down the bottom of the pots, and easier to inject some air under the root zone.

Honestly, try it, they love it, I place the soaker hose in the clay pebbles (25%) and top up the rest of the 25L pots with coco, with a 360 dripper on top.

A mate has just setup his autopot system using something similar - their 'airdomes' which are basically airstones planted at the bottom of the coco in the pot. Means there's no need for the hydroton and there's a mini DWC thing going on. The plants go mental apparently....gotta try it myself...

GN

[Stealth67]

GreenNinja, on Oct 20 2009, 05:47 PM, said:

A mate has just setup his autopot system using something similar - their 'airdomes' which are basically airstones planted at the bottom of the coco in the pot. Means there's no need for the hydroton and there's a mini DWC thing going on. The plants go mental apparently....gotta try it myself...

GN

I'd like to know more about these airdomes mate !

[arcane]

I have no tips, but I do have a question. To get the most from a plant in coco, are all of these useful, or are some snakeoil:

Nutrients
Enzymes
PK 13/14
Root Stim

Cheers.

This post has been edited by arcane: 21 October 2009 - 05:31 PM

[bhudika]

, airdomes, we tried them about 4 years ago, you just pump air into the bottom of the pot, 6 months with and 6 months without-no difference whatsoever to yield or growth, yet more snake oil designed to part you from your cash, spend the money on a good extract and carbon filter, a much more sensible purchase, we also tried coco then switched to b n q cheapest compost, fed with coco food all along in a wilma system, no difference apart from compost being about 1/5th of the price of coco and looking less suspicious when you buy it, its a weed, it grows in pretty much anything, save your money!

[Stone Monkey]

i ran an autopot on my last grow with the airdomes and coco, had very pleasing results..very easy to use with little hassle...

[Sickboy]

Good thread peace&quiet .. I love the coco and am just starting a grow using plant magic coco nutes and plagron coco.. I usually use canna coco but couldn't get any.Plagron and PM working well together so far.. Gonna start a diary soon so this thread will be useful..Nice one..

PP..

[GreenNinja]

arcane, on Oct 21 2009, 06:59 PM, said:

I have no tips, but I do have a question. To get the most from a plant in coco, are all of these useful, or are some snakeoil:

Nutrients
Enzymes
PK 13/14
Root Stim

Cheers.

Base Nutes - gotta have....
Enzymes - don't have to have, but they maintain the roots and aren't expensive...worth doing even infrequently (e.g. once a week)
PK13/14 - useful for bigger yields
Root Stim - I consider it essential, especially if you want decent buds....roots = buds. Look after your rootball and you'll be happy imo.

FWIW I rate Canna Boost, especially with a PK. Really does add massive weight and quality ime. Am trying B'cuzz right now but if it isn't as good I'm going straight back to Canna, even if it is expensive because it does exactly what it says on the tin ime.

GN

[arcane]

peace&quiet, on Oct 21 2009, 08:46 PM, said:

What you planning on buying?..let us know.
p&q

Well grow shop sold Canna AB, so I was figuring rest of their range since even if it's not ground breaking, it works according to most.

GreenNinja, on Oct 21 2009, 09:31 PM, said:

FWIW I rate Canna Boost, especially with a PK. Really does add massive weight and quality ime.

What would you classify boost as? Also, what would Nitrozyme be considered as essentially 'doing'? (that's at anyone btw)

Cheers boys.