dakotamoon
Well-Known Member
I had 4 just germinated Crown Royale seeds from CKS, they germinated perfectly .. I acquired my coco - washed it broke it up.. added per-lite (30%)!
I added a very week solution of nutes ... 1/5 strength .. and ph'd the nutes (dutch naturals grow A, B and 1/5 strength calmag) to 5.8 ph. The ppm measurment of the nute solution was around 600 ppm.
The seeds all have died now, so I measured the runoff from the coco .. wow it's like 1700 ppm...
So I'm assuming that is my "problem"!
Going forward: I am flushing the coco with distilled water - when I get the runoff closer to "normal" .. (around 400 - 600 ppm) then I plan to plant mung beans and see if they will survive.
I'd love to post pictures, but all I have is sterile coco with extremely high ppm, and no vegetative growth.
Am I attacking this problem properly?
Thanks
I added a very week solution of nutes ... 1/5 strength .. and ph'd the nutes (dutch naturals grow A, B and 1/5 strength calmag) to 5.8 ph. The ppm measurment of the nute solution was around 600 ppm.
The seeds all have died now, so I measured the runoff from the coco .. wow it's like 1700 ppm...
So I'm assuming that is my "problem"!
Going forward: I am flushing the coco with distilled water - when I get the runoff closer to "normal" .. (around 400 - 600 ppm) then I plan to plant mung beans and see if they will survive.
I'd love to post pictures, but all I have is sterile coco with extremely high ppm, and no vegetative growth.
Am I attacking this problem properly?
Thanks