Hey SAN good stuff there....
So I had other issue's along the way. A long read but all here. So nothing specific except my own careless issue's. That being said I wanted to optimize and top feed and etc seem to work for me. I had decent results with DWC and probably could have just stuck with it. It just seemed hard to maintain.. but doable.
So who knows ultimately if I will stick with Coco but it seems really impressive right now to me. Yes a little costly as it is not reusable but small issue. It has zero base so it is like soil with a clean slate and you are the artist to create what it gets...
The most important thing above all else to me is clean runs... I don't care what method.. style... It is a weed.. it wants to complete it's cycle. If you give it what it wants and etc method doesn't matter.
I am buying the predone bags that are more expensive but for now... it has perilite in it.. but yah 50/50 or 75coco/25per seems to be common mixes... it really is inexpensive if you buy the bricks and perilite and make it yourself...
GH standard nutes are what I was using and recently switched but yes you can run normal GH nutes... I was told that you need to flush more as standard GH nutes have minerals that over time can leave deposits and flow issues... It was recommended to use up what I had and then run something with less of it. I just switched before I ran out ...just wanted to do it...
Coco is still hydro as there are some with cal and etc in it if you buy pretreated but it can be blank. I currently am running drain to waste and absolutely love it... No more changing the rez....just keep topping off forever as long as I keep it clean. But that is a whole different long story...
Cleaned flower res again with new pumps and hoses again as last time I used same pump and it must have had some pyth still stuck in it. Started to get some floaties.. ;/
So all set just 3 hours of time again but heck we'll get it. New drain tub in flower so now it is all hooked up and done. Two plants under each bank of lights.... All my flower plants are timing messed up. I mean as like they are all still in rough shape and still yellowing up.. but they are growing buds.. strange stuff... no new growth just bud swelling... Oh well not expecting much from anything in here right now.. Just getting things going better and then future stuff should be great on this system..
Thanks as always for coming by.....
FE
So I had other issue's along the way. A long read but all here. So nothing specific except my own careless issue's. That being said I wanted to optimize and top feed and etc seem to work for me. I had decent results with DWC and probably could have just stuck with it. It just seemed hard to maintain.. but doable.
So who knows ultimately if I will stick with Coco but it seems really impressive right now to me. Yes a little costly as it is not reusable but small issue. It has zero base so it is like soil with a clean slate and you are the artist to create what it gets...
The most important thing above all else to me is clean runs... I don't care what method.. style... It is a weed.. it wants to complete it's cycle. If you give it what it wants and etc method doesn't matter.
I am buying the predone bags that are more expensive but for now... it has perilite in it.. but yah 50/50 or 75coco/25per seems to be common mixes... it really is inexpensive if you buy the bricks and perilite and make it yourself...
GH standard nutes are what I was using and recently switched but yes you can run normal GH nutes... I was told that you need to flush more as standard GH nutes have minerals that over time can leave deposits and flow issues... It was recommended to use up what I had and then run something with less of it. I just switched before I ran out ...just wanted to do it...
Coco is still hydro as there are some with cal and etc in it if you buy pretreated but it can be blank. I currently am running drain to waste and absolutely love it... No more changing the rez....just keep topping off forever as long as I keep it clean. But that is a whole different long story...
Cleaned flower res again with new pumps and hoses again as last time I used same pump and it must have had some pyth still stuck in it. Started to get some floaties.. ;/
So all set just 3 hours of time again but heck we'll get it. New drain tub in flower so now it is all hooked up and done. Two plants under each bank of lights.... All my flower plants are timing messed up. I mean as like they are all still in rough shape and still yellowing up.. but they are growing buds.. strange stuff... no new growth just bud swelling... Oh well not expecting much from anything in here right now.. Just getting things going better and then future stuff should be great on this system..
Thanks as always for coming by.....
FE
