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Dry amendments?

Hello, im looking to start a coco grow with dry amendments mixed into the coco from the start then top dressing every few week. I purchased roots organics uprising grow and foundation. I cant find any info on correct amounts to mix in for my initial start. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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spike2dread

Nov 25, 2020

Thanks a ton. Doesn't look like I'm to far off. I really appreciate the help both of you.

Diablo Smurf

Nov 24, 2020

When I start a new batch of coco I use down to earth 4.4.4 and 4.8.2 plus oyster shell and azomite. I do 2 tbsp per gallon of coco. After that is mixed I add 30% perlite and mix again.

I water with cal-mag 5ml per gallon everywatering and ph to 5.8.

I water 1/2 gallon every day and the 7th day I water to get 20% runoff.

I top dress every 4wks with 4.4.4 until flower. Then 2wks before flower top dress with 4.4.4 and 4.8.2 and every other week feed a tea to plants whether its in veg or flower.

I never top dress with worm casting I only add to my teas.

I am currently looking into switching nutes to Vegamatrix and setting up a High Frequency Fertigation system.

Everyone does things different and this is what's works for me. I normally grow outdoors and am on my first indoor run. I didn't changing any from out to in other then getting to control my temps and humidity. Hope this helps you out some.

Mr. Grow It

Nov 23, 2020

What dry amendments are you using?

spike2dread

Nov 24, 2020

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Thanks for looking into that. Thats the directions I came across. I find it hard to believe that 2 tsp in a 1 to 10 gallon pot is sufficient, unless they mean per gallon. But even then other companies that sell organic dry amendments are using 4 TBSP per gal. Mixing rate.

Mr. Grow It

Nov 24, 2020

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@spike2dread I agree; hard to believe unless they mean per gallon. One thing I've learned using dry nutrients is that different phenos will need different amounts. 2 tbsp per gallon may be good for light-feeding phenos but heavy-feeders need 4 tbsp per gallon. But I guess that's pretty much the same deal when using bottled nutrients too eh?

spike2dread

Nov 24, 2020

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I went with 1 tbsp of each, (2tbsp total per gal) plus 2 tbsp of worm castings and recharge. Its my first time not using dry amendments. We will see what happens. Thanks for all your help. I know your busy.