Coco coir growing tips

Discussion in 'Growing Organic Marijuana' started by SWIM_obviously, May 3, 2015.

  1. Hi all, I am getting ready for my first indoor grow. Previously I have grown outdoors and used FFOF with great success. This run I am planning on 6 auto ak-47 under a 600w mh/hps. I was initially planning on growing with a 1:1 FFOF/perlite mix, but am now looking into a coco perlite mix. They will be in 3 gallon smart pots. 
     
    I know autos need less nutes and all that, and was wondering of ways I could go about this where I control everything going into them, outside of soils that come loaded. 
     
    My main question is about nutrients. I am getting the General Hydroponics Go Box. Will this be enough for running in a coco perlite mix and following the feeding schedule and possibly at half strength. 
     
    I also want to ask the same, but if I were to use a 50/50 mix of peat moss and perlite, same nutes and feeding schedule. 
     
    Basically, will a mixture of only coco-perlite, or peat moss-perlite be enough when having a full line of other nutes to follow. 
     
    I will be rinsing the mixture to start, and pH-ing everything going into the pots as well.
     
    Any tips and advice is much appreciated.
     

     
  2. Or go check out Ironheads Indoor Perpetual Dreamroom. He grows in 50/50 coco perlite.
     
  3. Grab a bag of canna coco, cannna A+B, and a bottle of non-carbonate cal mag. Ph to 5.8. Profit.
     
  4. I think you should just add 20% coco to your ocean forest. Then you can use your Go Box while you read about coir and peats cation exchange abilities (CEC). The way coco as a medium for growing works is different from peat and each medium shines when used the way it works best.

    I've used cal carbonate for coir issues when I mixed 50/50 for a seedling mix with ffof. I never used coir again but the carbonate did fix the issue. I think you'll need a different calcium source like dolomite though.

    House and garden, canna and the Lucas formula work very well with coir. I think you'll get the results you're looking for just by cutting your fox farm and if possible focus on container size. Coir can work very well for small containers but peat REALLY shines when you start in 7 gallons and go up in size. They get slowed down by compact soil and multiple transplants.

    So cut your fox farm 60/20/20 peat coir perlite. Use your go box or do what you're doing already. Add more aeration like perlite and then coir which will really help the soil structure of FFOF and get you some better growth rates. Ffof is really compact when used alone. Then get a good rootball on your clone and transplant into final container. No up potting TP and more time to get stoned.
     

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