Hello there can someone guide me on how to use coco + perlite.
Planning on growing photos in 5gallon buckets indoor .
So far i thought of using coco peat
Used the search function on here but found a lot of different preferences. Saw some people mixing coco with vermiculitee or perlite or even just using coco without mixing it.
Maybe it helps a bit i want to use this nutrients
Something else which i would need for growing in Coco ?
Great choice of medium. I use a 70/30 ratio of coco and perlite. I would also recommend jacks 321 nutrients. With coco you feed daily to liberal run off
It means that coco needs to be kept moist: due to it’s airy nature, oxygen can easily get to the roots. Watering/feeding daily keeps the root mass wet without drowning it.
Coco/perlite is the most common though vermiculite is used to provide additional magnesium (IIRC) which coco tends to hold on to (sequester). Cal mag is necessary for this reason.
I also second the use of Jack’s as the most cost-effective, easiest nutrient line in use right now.
I strongly recommend the use of fabric pots as this pairs well with coco (see the reason above).
General advice: buy the best lights you can afford. The lights generally sold on Amazon (with a couple of exceptions) are nowhere near the best lights going. Unfortunately lights are expensive. Get good meters: a digital PH and TDS meter are the two most used tools in the growers’ toolkit.
Ask questions: there are not stupid ones and we do not tolerate abusive posts (like some other sites do).
Soil or coco? Coco every day to run off, soil likes a wet to dry cycle and to run off on feed or water days. Your run off PPMs will let you know if nutrients or water are needed. I don’t folliar spray
Amazon send to here is pretty hard some products are okay but not many people uses Amazon here.
Coco is not a problem it’s good and cheap over here only to get jacks is the problem
I’m using coco and the superb soil that comes in the pot for pot kit for my month old girl in a 2 gallon felt pot. The Seedling is coco with perlite, worm castings, and blood meal with a root booster 5 gallon felt pot.
I like the light setup. Now you got me thinking about getting a different light. Good luck on your grow. Looks like your thinking it through {another thing I should have done a little better}
Good readings on the coco EC, I would check the EC anyway to be sure. You can reconstitute the coco with water then add nutrients or reconstitute using nutrients