Got a link to that product? I am unfamiliar with it myself but would be happy to take a look at it. Most, not all pre mixed bags like that are ready to go.
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What about rockwool sorry had to throw my bit in there
No hijacking bro!!!
This is a coco thread.
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Canna coco is clean, and i mean that, use to run various bricks for the price and size convenience. But Canna can take my money as its super low ppm, no rinsing needed, and had zero issues with calmag mind you but i run nutrients with it.
Seriously enjoy not having all the hassle to get brick or lesser quality coco to be ready.
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While i’ve read many mixed reviews about the coco I first used, Burpee CoCo bricks never needed rinsed and had very low ppms. Convenient storage size and makes plenty of coco. Easily available at home depot/Lowes for less than 10 bucks a brick (I think I paid something like 4$ a brick when I bought mine, winter clearance lol)
It hurts even reading the name, in training that’s what the Sensei always makes us do for punishment…
Is this your Sensi? Could be worse!
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There are girls like that at the gym, yes. But not the Sensei is a very old man with white hair and short in height. Anybody can make a mistake with the guy u know. A cab driver once started to make a scene at the academy and was insulting his girlfriend in front of everyone, the Sensei stepped in, and well, let’s just say the guy was never seen again around the academy, Sensei hit him with two moves and the guy needed help to breathe… It was sad and hilarious at the same time.
We had a plant in coco at the academy… (Staying on topic… LOL)
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Just picked up a brick of burpee coco at HD for $2.98 how could I not!
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If you have the ability, check the ppms and see how clean yours is. I have a couple of bricks I can rehydrate and check but right now I have two 5 gallon buckets full of Royal Gold Tupur 
And when I say a couple… I probably have 8-10 lol.
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Just checked, ph of ~6 and ppm of 695. Guess that means it needs a good washing? My tap water today is ph-7.2, ppm-037.
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always soak, wash and rinse new coco. its a good idea to also precharge new coco by soaking it in the nute solution you will be using on the plant it will be going to . new coco always gives me some ph imbalance for the first three or four weeks… is this chipped/chunked coco, or the fine stuff?
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It’s fine ground, @2RedEyes I’d run a gallon or two of distilled or ro water through it, check ppms and if they are under 300 I’d charge it with a mild nute solution with heavy emphasis on cal-mag.
i vote canna but havnt used it i use advanced hydroponics
start with small pots…
I’m gonna try this on a micro grow but I have plenty of time, not starting for a few more weeks. I’ll give it a good soak and rinse, them charge it with whatever nutes. Probably gonna try megacrop as I just ordered a free bag…
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You need an “Other” choice on your ballot.
I switched to coco a little over a year ago. My coco and nutes are all Botanicare: CocoGro coco, HydroGuard root inoculate Cal-Mag plus, CNS17 Grow, CNS17 Bloom, and CNS17 Ripe. The only other anything my plants get is R.O. water. I tried the HydroGuard first to help strength my roots against a gnat (or so I thought, was actually thrips) infestation. My plants perked up quite a bit in just a few days. The thrips were still eating, nut the beneficial bacteria in the HydroGuard prevented rot. I was so impressed with this that when i decided to go to coco I tried their CocoGro, then the CNS17 Grow formula. After that, I settled on all Botanicare products.
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I’ve got a question about re-using coco.
I’m using smart pots, which as many of you know, promote extremely dense root masses.
How should I go about re-using my coco?
When I culled my males during this run, the roots were holding onto the coco so hard it was difficult to separate the coco from the roots. If it were soil, I’d just throw the whole thing in the compost bin… (if I had one that is)
Any tips?
I’d probably just shake loose what will and then toss the rest in the compost. Coco doesn’t seem terribly expensive. Then again, I’m just trying it for the first time myself.
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