ricky_simples
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I have never used the bags so maybe that is the issue.
It could have just well been something I did too, you never know. I follow lots of growers on IG who use botanicare coco and have beautiful healthy plants.
I have never used the bags so maybe that is the issue.
The only thing I could think was there was larvae in there. Still on the first run with these and have the worst gnat problem I've ever had. Going back to my happy place with the mother earth mix lol. Def beware, maybe you can pasteurize them yourself.I have never used the bags so maybe that is the issue.
Holy crap i have a whole tote i was getting ready to use ( that big brick they sent). I wonder how in the heck any fungus gnats could survive in the dry bricks. I am not taking any chances with the fungus gnats. I am finally free of them at this point.
I am going to pasteurize it right into the trash can.LOL I just finished with a gnat infestation not long ago. Not eager to do it again. Mother earth had bricks on amazon and i just ordered. Sure wish i had a good place to dispose of old coco. The coco is not the problem it is the perlite that gives things away when you are in the stealth mode.The only thing I could think was there was larvae in there. Still on the first run with these and have the worst gnat problem I've ever had. Going back to my happy place with the mother earth mix lol. Def beware, maybe you can pasteurize them yourself.
Lol right into the trash, you know what they're like too I see. I keep my old coco around for various things. If you grow veggies mix it in your soil.I am going to pasteurize it right into the trash can.LOL I just finished with a gnat infestation not long ago. Not eager to do it again. Mother earth had bricks on amazon and i just ordered. Sure wish i had a good place to dispose of old coco. The coco is not the problem it is the perlite that gives things away when you are in the stealth mode.
Coco can be used in soil mixes or used as a hydroponic medium. It's pretty cut and dry.I would love to here some thoughts on the proper ph range for coco. Some say it is hydro and some say it is soil. I say it is neither and falls about in the middle of the two. I have been running mine between 6.0-6.3 seems to work good in that range but i am kinda guessing. Thoughts?
I use botanicare and general hydroponics bricks.What kind of coco you guys using? That’s my next venture, coco and perlite drain to waste. Thanks in advance?
My memory is fuzzy but I think I know you under a diff handle?Coco can be used in soil mixes or used as a hydroponic medium. It's pretty cut and dry.
Coco is a premiere hydroponic medium. It doesn't affect the ph of solution like most other hydro mediums and it has a better water to air ratio than rockwool.
In hydro, ph 5.5 - 6.3 is livable with coco, 5.8 is the sweet spot.
Remember that fresh coco that has not been conditioned also snatches calcium and Magnesium out through cation exchange and adding more of these nutrients is advisable.
The name may have changed but the monster colas are the same. LOLMy memory is fuzzy but I think I know you under a diff handle?
Lol I thought so, just wasn't sure. Whaddup @Dope HeffalumpThe name may have changed but the monster colas are the same. LOL
Hello, good to see you and all the other fine folks here from the other places.Lol I thought so, just wasn't sure. Whaddup @Dope Heffalump
Where's the baseball bats? LolHello, good to see you and all the other fine folks here from the other places.
@TexagonianWhat kind of coco you guys using? That’s my next venture, coco and perlite drain to waste. Thanks in advance?
Appreciate the input @CoB_nUt ! Gonna go shopping this weekend ?✌?@Texagonian
Coco-loco,perlite and calcined clay(turface). Tupur is also nice.
@Capt C. I like Mac, shoot for 6.0-6.3no adjustment if it falls in that range and allow for drift in DTW fabric bags.
When in just Perlite/Turface and no coco,5.8 6.0.
Only bricks I use is the jiffy seedling coco brick.Everthing else is Coco Loco.It isn't just Coco. Has some good shit in it.
Hey @Texagonian one of the reasons i buy my coco in bricks is to prevent any insect infestation and to be able to store a good amount of media. Mac was just saying about a gnat infestation he got from bricks ( Flora-Flex). This is a very rare scenario for larvae to live in a dry brick of coco. I am not exactly sure how long larvae could live in a dry brick but i would think not that long. I just purchased some 5kg bales of Mother Earth (20.99). That is a good sized tote worth of coco before even adding the coco. The second reason i buy the bricks is i am cheap.Appreciate the input @CoB_nUt ! Gonna go shopping this weekend ?✌?
Lol i’m so cheap I went with this. 7.99 for three lil bricks.Hey @Texagonian one of the reasons i buy my coco in bricks is to prevent any insect infestation and to be able to store a good amount of media. Mac was just saying about a gnat infestation he got from bricks ( Flora-Flex). This is a very rare scenario for larvae to live in a dry brick of coco. I am not exactly sure how long larvae could live in a dry brick but i would think not that long. I just purchased some 5kg bales of Mother Earth (20.99). That is a good sized tote worth of coco before even adding the coco. The second reason i buy the bricks is i am cheap.
Ya man all I'm saying is I didn't have gnats before the quick fill bags came into my flower room. And they're pretty bad, when I go in there I constantly have them flying in my face and see them all over by the bases of my plants. I'm at war right now lol.Hey @Texagonian one of the reasons i buy my coco in bricks is to prevent any insect infestation and to be able to store a good amount of media. Mac was just saying about a gnat infestation he got from bricks ( Flora-Flex). This is a very rare scenario for larvae to live in a dry brick of coco. I am not exactly sure how long larvae could live in a dry brick but i would think not that long. I just purchased some 5kg bales of Mother Earth (20.99). That is a good sized tote worth of coco before even adding the coco. The second reason i buy the bricks is i am cheap.