Infos needed for Coco/Perlite grow and mix

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


And mix with perlite 4-8mm

What ratio should i mix the 2 with each other.

And can someone recommend me some videos or guides to growing in Coco/ perlite mix ?

What do i have to know ( feeding,watering …)

Thanks a lot :blush:

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
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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 :love_you_gesture:

check out cocoforcannabis and growweedeasy. both are excellent dependable resources.

Thank you so much to both of you.
What does it mean feet to liberal run off ?

When i doy coco coir and perlite mix i put about 20-30% perlite to a five gallon pot of coco that s what i do

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).

So with coco i would give my plants every day water with jacks ?
Any idea how to get jacks in Thailand ? Do they send overseas ?

Lights would be





Can you receive Amazon deliveries? Coco and jacks are available there :love_you_gesture:

I’m using exactly that. You feed daily with watering or just as a foliage spray every day? Started jacks yesterday

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 :love_you_gesture:

So i give jacks everyday when watering in Coco?
Thanks

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.

Yes everyday, coco likes to be kept moist :love_you_gesture:

I would suggest triple rinsing any off brand or local coco due to the salt content before planting. Rinse several times with water checking the TDS :love_you_gesture:

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}

Thanks for the advise but looks like this one should be fine pH and EC right ?

And when adding water to the brick pH the water before between
5.5 and 6.5 right ?

Found this feeding schedule and as i got General hydroponics nutrients already i might give it a try and adjust the feeding.

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 :love_you_gesture: