The other day i was on the internet looking for information on growing in coco coir and the best watering practices for cannabis plants in coco ,anyway i was reading along and it came to this part about watering ,now what they say is with coco coir its best to keep it wet they recommend that you water twice a day until 10% or 20% run off then they go on to say to water them like this everyday its because the coco coir has a great balance between air and water retention its hard to over water ur plants they also said watering like this everyday will help the plant have rapid growth and it stops the build up of salts in the coco coir ,now you can take this how you want to you can go and have a look for your self i think it was on royal seeds one of there articles so theres abit of information for yous guys like i said take it how u want im using this method at the moment and the results speak for themselves
Royal Queen seeds has a lot of great info in its articles. I wish we could link them here but cant due to the competition aspect. I water my coco every day. Sometimes twice when the flowering stage is going through massive growth. Keeping it wet keeps the roots from drying and losing the tiny microscopic hairs that pick up water and nutrients. If the roots lose those hairs from dry time they have to regrow them.
See thats more great information that i didnt know if u know more feel free to share more about Coco coir
@Hellraiser last journal covered that medium thoroughly, his first time using straight coco. Great read for anyone.
I will have to have a look at it
I ve heard people say dont water to much in coco i know this with soil but with coco i dont know thats why i do research
No secrets here. The term for accepted watering practices in coco coir is frequent fertigation or high- frequency fertigation. In essence you get the benefit of hydro while growing in a medium.
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Never let it dry out is my understanding and hard to overwater
Another good point, if you make a mistake, over fertilizing, coco imediums are easy to correct by using appropriate water to flush with.
It works both ways. Mess ups show up faster and you can correct them quicker.