The Milkmans Coco Closet

Looking good Milk! Think you dialed in on these

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Lookin good dude!


You got your drops too right? I would suggest taking a gallon of nutrients and doing some ph testing.


Take a ph reading of the tap water that you use.

Another after the 6/9 nutrients are added

Another after 1ml of Cal/mag per gallon

Another after 2ml of Cal/mag per galllon.


Keep all those readings in your head.. you should be able to control the ph of the nutrient solution DOWN by adding more Cal/mag. So lets say your tap water is at a 7, then your nutrients bring it to about 6.5.. when you add the cal/mag @ 1 ml per gal, it will drop to about 6.2.. one more drop, it should drop to about 5.8-6.0, which is perfect.


Thats pretty much how mine goes.. yours could be a lil different depending on the ph of your tap water.


Oh.. and the 6/9 can be given straight to seedlings and clones.. they love it!

 

No need to test the runoff in coco. It will affect the numbers slightly and throw ya off.


Now check out this nutrient ph uptake chart here. :




See how the Calcium is available at 5.8 and lower and Magnesium is available at 5.8 and higher? This is where the ph drift comes into play.


You will learn to read the plants for only 2 deficiencies.. Calcium and Magnesium. You already know that Calcium def will cause rust colored spotting.. And Magnesium def will cause the main stems to streak purple.


So if you see spotting that makes you believe it's a calcium def, drop an extra ml of cal/mag into a gallon of nutrients, which will effectively lower the ph and allow Calcium to the plant.


And if you see mad purple streaking on the main stem, add 1ml less of cal/mag per gallon, effectively raising the ph and allowing Magnesium to the plant.


That's really all you gotta look out for.. The formula makes it very very simple.

 

Watering technique plays a huge role in this formula and with coco. I try to water the veggers every other day and the flower girls get watered just about every day.


It's a lot harder to over water in coco than in soil.. But it can happen! I like to pick the pot up to see how much to water.. If it's heavy, I'll just give it a splash to keep the ph correct in the medium.


See as the container dries out, the ph will rise making you think you are locking stuff out... Making you flush like mad and try different styles.. Haha


Just keep the pots damp, but not totally waterlogged ya know? You gotta learn to adjust the amount of water you are giving them on the fly.. But it's simple.


Try to shoot for the water every day thing.. Which means watering less at once. 2 gallons at a time in these small containers is about 1.75 gallons too much. Haha


Just start with a 1/4-1/2 gallon every other day of nutrient solution.. Nothing else, nutrients every feeding, no plain water... Ever! If anything else, I'll do blackstrap molasses at 1 tablespoon per gallon of tap water, but that's super ultra rare that I do that in veg. In flower I do the 1 tablespoon of molasses once a week.


You already have the flushing agent right? I think you said you did.. You can use that as you start the flush at the end, but that's it!

 

Na they won't hate the extra warter, but its a lot better for them to be given good fresh nutes as often as possible ya dig?



Next order you make or whenever you try out that new hydro shop, pick up a bottle of FloraKleen. Its just a flushing agent thats added to your tap water at 5ml per gallon, then watered to 10% runoff. That stuff is fantastic.. it gets all the salt buildup outta the medium and really lets the smoke be nice and smooth real quick after its dried. I really like this stuff and its cheap and easy.


Flushing is just the act of not giving the plants nutrients.. 3x the container size is ridiculous.. I have 20 gallon pots, can you imagine me flushing 60 gallons of water through each one.. haha what a waste! Stick to that 10% runoff with just straight tap and the flush will happen brotha.

 

Its a solid idea.

 

Get the humix! Thats the other piece of the puzzle. I add a teaspoon into every 4 gallons of nutrients.

 

Ya thats it though besides molasses and that stuff is cheap. I would suggest finding a plant nursery around you that carries the molasses in 1 gallon containers for like 8 bucks. I'm still on my first container from over 2 years ago!


Don't get the stuff from the grocery store.. there is more of the good stuff in agricultural molasses than food grade.

 

Lil a both! Plus amino acids and all the nutritional benefits that molasses has makes it a great addition tot the formula and growing style that we use.