illawedio
New Member
Thank you for the great information Cultivator. I've been growing in coco for the last 6 months and its been a disaster, but after reading your post I realize I was underfeeding my plants. I used to grow in sunshine soil and would feed 700-800 ppm total (R/O), daily with no runoff and had great success. That same formula was disastrous in coco. Is this because sunshine advanced #4 "soil" has a higher Cation Exchange Capacity? I don't understand why Hydro can handle much higher feed concentrations than soil (sunshine)...
Also, I have been feeding at your recommended strength with Cyco Nutrients. Their base contains CalMg and supposedly you don't have to add extra CALMG. I upped my last few feedings to 1050-1100 ppm (x700) or 1.5-1.6 ec and my plants look great! (wk 5 veg )Thank you!
My main question is: Do you feed full strength every day? I've had good success with feeding full strength M-Th for example and then lowering the strength to 1/2 or 3/4 strength Fr-Sun. To allow the plants to acclimate to higher feed strengths, but from what I am gathering this is not necessary in your opinion?
One of my friends runs rockwool cubes (recirculating) and he will feed 2 ec Monday through Friday and then add water to the reservoir Friday through Sunday to dillute EC. He wrote a book called 3 a light, it really popular in Colorado. Would you recommend something similar with the coco regimen? Or is this not necessary.
We can't get Buddhas Tree nutes in the states very easily....booo. I was going to try your formula but it seems like a hassle to order internationally, hopefully Cyco works well with coco. Cheer! and thank you for any info in advance.
Also, I have been feeding at your recommended strength with Cyco Nutrients. Their base contains CalMg and supposedly you don't have to add extra CALMG. I upped my last few feedings to 1050-1100 ppm (x700) or 1.5-1.6 ec and my plants look great! (wk 5 veg )Thank you!
My main question is: Do you feed full strength every day? I've had good success with feeding full strength M-Th for example and then lowering the strength to 1/2 or 3/4 strength Fr-Sun. To allow the plants to acclimate to higher feed strengths, but from what I am gathering this is not necessary in your opinion?
One of my friends runs rockwool cubes (recirculating) and he will feed 2 ec Monday through Friday and then add water to the reservoir Friday through Sunday to dillute EC. He wrote a book called 3 a light, it really popular in Colorado. Would you recommend something similar with the coco regimen? Or is this not necessary.
We can't get Buddhas Tree nutes in the states very easily....booo. I was going to try your formula but it seems like a hassle to order internationally, hopefully Cyco works well with coco. Cheer! and thank you for any info in advance.