new to coco need my hand holding

[Lazy L]

hi everyone im going to need some help i have decided to switch to coco and got some cheap stuff i cant help a bargain

 

i will be growing in a 1.2 x 1.2 x 2.2 tent with a 600w hps, 150mm extraction with 200mm mountain air filter and i have a 200w under floor heating mat with a inkbird controller set to 23

 

im just getting set up for the proper grow at the moment and i would appreciate any helpful tips and tricks as i have been a mud monkey for over 10 years now and im surfe i will need to re learn a lot

 

thanks for reading

 

e2a: these are what i will be growing

 

3 x zkittlez 2.0 from silent seeds

2 x rainbowcake from pheno finder seeds

1 x lemon bubble from pheno finder seeds

 

i am hoping to get at least 5 to germ so they can end up in some 15L buckets for flower

 

i have some other seeds as back up just in case hopefully i wont need them yet

 

1st question can i still just germinate the seeds straight in the coco or do i need something else?

 

im off to read some diarys

Edited September 3, 2023 by Lazy L
e2a:

[mikeydoughnut]

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Edited September 3, 2023 by mikeydoughnut

[mikeydoughnut]

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Edited September 3, 2023 by mikeydoughnut

[mikeydoughnut]

@L3D point this lad towards yer diary. This fucker smashed it first time round. Lots of good help in that one from those who know, not blaggers like me sen. Right it looks like I’m sniffing yer arse here  I’ll let others chime in

[Lazy L]

@mikeydoughnut im reading it now its gonna take a while

[MidgeSmith]

For anyone else who wants to read it, including me when I move to coco in a year or so, I think the 1st coco thread referred to is this one:
 

 

[Lazy L]

hi everyone time for a little update and a couple of questions

 

i popped my seeds in some water earlier i stuck with the

 

3 x zkittlez 2.0 from silent seeds

 

2 x rainbowcake from pheno finder seeds

1 x lemon bubble from pheno finder seeds  but i added

5 x chelato from @4kali i believe

 

hopefully these all pop i can either do 9 in one tent or i have another 1.2 x 1.2 sitting there in the corner so i can do 5 in each

im going to soak them untill they sink with a gentle poke and get them into pots

 

1st question is can i put these straight into the coco or would i need something like these

 

2nd question is i have fishmix for veg will that still work in coco?

 

 

thanks for reading

Edited September 10, 2023 by Lazy L

[The Green Manalishi]

Yes you can pop the beans straight in to coco, and yes you can use fish mix in coco, although others wouldn’t recommend it, I grew autos in coco with fish mix over the summer with great results, but for starting off with coco i would recommend coco specific nutes

[Black Shadow]

If this is your first time using coco, I’d recommend you start the seeds in soil 

[Lazy L]

@The Green Manalishi thank you i was hoping to use the fishmix up i cant order any feed for about a week i have some intense nutrients kickstart would that be better?

 

@Black Shadow i have no soil anywhere buddy im all in with the coco

 

 

 

on a side note im thinking about starting some autos i was thinking the fems are going to need 8 to 10 weeks veg so i have time

 

i just looked through my seed tub and come up with these little beautys

 

how many could i fit in a 1.2 x 1.2 tent i was thinking 5 in buckets (15L i think) so i might start all 7 hope for the best

Edited September 10, 2023 by Lazy L
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[The Green Manalishi]

I don’t have any experience with kickstart, but I would suggest fully saturating your coco with 0.5-1ml/l of feed before planting beans in it 
 

 

[Shumroom]

Yeah the pellets are ideal for starting your seeds in 

 

 

Start off with 2ml/l of Kickstart 

 

Plus your CalMag or whatever you’re using to get your water up to EC 0.4  

 

Atb

 

 

 

[Lazy L]

I have sprayed my tent with guard'n'aid for thrips as I had a infestation on my last grow and have washed my pots and flushed my coco ready for tomorrow 

 

I am going to start my autos in the final pots is this still the way to do it or should I start them in small pots? 

 

I will be starting everything under a 250w hps and putting the autos under a 600w hps after a couple of weeks in a separate tent

 

I was thinking about putting everything on a 18/6 schedule would I be better doing a 20/4? 

 

Sorry for all the questions I really want to get this right my yields and quality have gone right downhill recently and I need a good result to get the mojo flowing again

[Shumroom]

I’d start the autos in wee pots and pot up  

 

It takes a lot of guesswork out of watering a small plant in a huge pot,

reduces the risk of root rot etc.

 

Start off everything on 24hrs light just to help keep the environment steady,

then drop to 20/4 after a couple of weeks.

 

 

It’s better to ask before making a mistake,

plus you’ll get different answers from different members,

it’s a great way to learn as folk explain the reasons for their answer 

 

There’s often multiple ways to do lots of things to achieve the same or very similar results.

 

Atb

 

 

 

[Lazy L]

i flushed the coco through again today with a ec of 0.78 and it came out the other end at 0.72 i hope thats close enough i thought as it was 0.7 both ends it would do

 

i planted all the seeds today

 

 

theres the autos in the black pots i run out of the little ones

 

now its just a waiting game

Edited September 11, 2023 by Lazy L