new to coco need my hand holding

[stu914]

14 hours ago, Lazy L said:

I didn't check the pH as I need some calibration fluid 

 

You're moving from soil to hydro bud and there's no buffering in coco so ph has to be on point.

Set at 5.5 to start and let it drift up to 6.2 before re-setting...

[Lazy L]

update time....... we have life its further than i thought i would get

 

they are going to need a feed very soon and im a bit confused on how to mix the nutes do i ph the water then add feed then root juice or have i got it backwards?

 

am i right in thinking the feed needs to stay about .8 untill they get a little bigger? 

 

the light is still on 24/7

 

temps 25.2 low 41rh and 28.7 high 56rh

 

@stu914 i sorted my ph pen now thanks bud

[stu914]

@Lazy L

 

PH adjustment is the last thing after mixing feeds etc. Start at around 1/4 strength on the feed...

[Shumroom]

Atb

 

 

 

[Lazy L]

time for another update

 

everything is flying along they had their first feed on friday the bucket settled on even though it was closer to .8 when i finished mixing everything up it seemed to drift up

 

the runoff was does that seem about right

 

 

i did take more pictures but i deleted the wrong ones all i had left was these 3 the autos are in the black pots and the fems in the orange

 

i cant give a update on temp or rh i forgot to reset the min/max reading and its still the same

 

lights still on 24/7 250w hps

Edited September 17, 2023 by Lazy L

[Lux_Interior]

@Lazy L I have started growing in coco. No EC pen. I roughly follow the instructions on the bottles. I have p/H down and litmus paper but that's it. Fuck that I have rugby to watch, a car to clean and a wife to f f f f... fetch stuff from Tescos for.

 

Seriously dude you will be OK. Chill!

 

Edited September 20, 2023 by Lux_Interior
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[Lazy L]

hi all time for a little update

 

the plants are flying along i would say most are ready for a pot up

 

but theres a couple that are very unhappy

 

 

any ideas from the photos

 

everythings the same cal mag the water to .4 and feed to .8 and ph to 6

 

i can get some better pics if you want its not easy finding somewhere i can take a good pic

[Shumroom]

The first one looks like it’s been given too much light early on,

the other looks overwatered.

 

It could be that they’re just not flourishing quite as well as the others  

 

You just need to know that all seedlings have very slightly different needs,

some will develop roots more quickly than others etc.

 

This is why it’s sometimes helpful to start more seeds than you intend to flower out.

 

Atb

 

 

 

[Lazy L]

Thank you @Shumroom I'll stop worrying it's just because it's all new with coco I didn't know if it was me

 

The one in the orange pot is the rainbow cake and in the main picture there's one on the right hand side there's the other one that looks a bit freaky I hope it's a good smoke I like the freaky ones 

 

The lemon bubble just keeled over and died the other day as well I was gutted its been a while since I had any lemon

Edited September 24, 2023 by Lazy L
Lemon bubble dying

[Lazy L]

time for another update

 

i switched the light over to a 600w and raised it halfway up the tent i also plugged the underfloor heating back in and set it to 23 root temp

 

after taking all day rinsing that damn coco in my shower (my back feels fucked) i finally potted everything up i put the autos in 15Lbuckets and the photos in 3L i think

 

i watered everything in today i fed everything at 1.0 because they looked a little hungry but the runoff was comming out at 0.65 ive tried looking it up do i need to increase the feed or will it settle on its own?

 

the ph barely moved it went up a couple of points

 

im not sure if i should flush them through because i only potted them up last night

 

 

 

theres a update on the rainbowcakes they are still weird but it looks like they will live for now fingers crossed

i have put them in smaller pots just to see what they do theres no room for them in the next tent so they will be waiting for the autos to be done

Edited September 29, 2023 by Lazy L
forgot loads

[Lazy L]

@mikeydoughnut I forgot about soaking it overnight I was rinsing it out all day in a pillowcase I done about 100L of the shit I was broken by the end

[Arthur Mix]

When I pot up I add some nitrozyne seaweed extract with my base feeds . You sometimes get a bit of transplant shock when potting up I find seaweed helps this. IMO yours look a bit hungry I’d be at roughly 1.1 to 1.2 at this point I’d raise you feed slightly if it was me. They’ll be ok and grow out of it.  The deformed seedlings could just be mutants they will prob grow past this issue. 

[Arthur Mix]

I don’t buffer mine with cal mag but I do use seaweed and and water in at EC 1.0 ph6 with Novamax grow which is a complete one part so no cal at needed  

[Lazy L]

Thanks for the answers I will raise the feed do I aim for 1.2 going in or coming out?

 

If its coming out do I do a stronger feed and flush it through?

 

Or should I just mix up some water with calmag and pH it to flush it?

 

Sorry for all the questions 

[Arthur Mix]

I also use coco blocks at the moment cheapest I could get , rehydrated then just watered in as I mentioned. As for run off I measure it sometimes but not much. Personally after each pot up I feed slightly more then lower slightly. I’ve done this wether conventional pots or hempy buckets .  For seedlings with leaflets I’m at EC .9 to 1.0.    Then when they show signs I go up to EC 1.2 and when in lager pots and mature EC1.4. As shown in my diaries.  It seems to work for me I topped out at EC 1.5 in stretch and now at EC 1.4 in mid flower as for run off haven’t done it this run .  I keep my PH at around 6 . Just adding cal mag can also add Nitrogen as most have that in irc .

Edited September 29, 2023 by Arthur Mix