How to Water Coco Coir, When to Water - Small & Large Pots

A little informative video to cover questions ive been getting from my IG account @Tri_State_Trichomes. Please leave your methods in the comments to help others out.

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[iamhere]

According to science, both coco-substrate and -nutrient producers + the best legal growers in the world, it is best and meant to be to keep coco moist via high frequency irrigation running an irrigation system/pumps/drippers/blumats etc.. Coco is a HYDROPONIC SUBSTRATE which has to be handeld like one. You can hand water coco (frequently) but it's not the real deal. Usually you would go for small to medium sized pots that are fully and well rooted. Bigger pots are possible too, but you have to transplant the plants as often as required (to be fully rooted), also running an irrigation system for optimum coco results. Whenever using coco, make sure your pots are fully rooted with healthy, lush and white roots. U do water coco until runoff at least once a day and in summary at least twice a day (one with runoff, one without), where a single irrigation takes place for i.e. half an hour (dripping), sometimes even longer. Some growers even irrigate until runoff multiple times a day. Fully rooted pots + the physical abilitys of the Coco makes all of this possible without running into issues. And always make sure your coco is or has been flushed and pre charged (for those who don't know yet u better look that up). You're welcome.

[RedDuster]

I grow in 2 gallon pots, & I water 3x per day. First time I’ve used coco coir, after 30 years using expanded clay balls.
I had issues early & the plants looked as though they were overwatered. I held off watering but there was no change in the stunted growth.
I saw a guy on YouTube suggesting “it’s impossible to drown a Cannibus plant or DWC wouldn’t work.”
It made sense, & so I began watering them until runoff, & the plants responded immediately.
Water them often, don’t allow the water in the pot to go stagnant. Plants draw all the oxygen they need from freshly introduced nutrient mix. Absolutely recommend running air stones & H2O2 is also a huge benefit when using coco coir

[mcconkeymudmotorsports]

Thanks gang I been using cocoa and treating it as it’s soil because I didn’t wanna drown it. I’m seeing great results now thank you

[KushMountains]

This dude 😂 I love it “you know what go ahead and water it” me when I tell people this is not recommended professionally but this is how I do things lol.

[Joshckw]

Thanks bro, this helped a lot. I have been thinking I was overwatering for quite some time. Definitely realizing I have been doing the opposite.

[escobargb]

Beat tutorial ever, bro! Thank you very much

[bigskeezab]

I water every 3/4 days in coco if I watered every day like some people saying I. The comments my plant will look very over watered even though roots still growing cause of the better oxygen you get with coco but you can still very much over water in coco 😃 happy growing

[xGrowing]

I should've picked my plants up more. I got lazy cause I had too many solo cups lol and ended up overwatering in coco.. lesson learned. Really good tip about check their weight bro!

[harram]

I find just sticking my finger in it works also. if the first one to two inches are dry you need to water it. Also I find putting enough water so you need water every other day has worked for me.

[mrjohnpmuir]

I am new to coco, always used soil in bags in the past, just about to start my 1st 2 pots grow in coco.

So from watching the video and reading the comments below.
1. Everytime I water the pots I should add nutrients?
2. I add water till it starts flowing out of the bottom of the bag?
3. I should water everyday?

Is this correct?
I am now using ten gallon cloth bags instead of 10 gallon plastic bags.

[jackieradford]

You can water coco every day
Most important things are correct PH and correct EC for the stage the plant is in
The other important thing is to make sure at least 20% of the water you USe runs off
Letting Coco cycle through wet and dry will work BUT better results will be achieved by daily watering with correct PH, EC and a 20% run of (too waste) to bring medium up to optimal

[GMT]

You can also purchase a Moisture meter for about $10. It is hard to overwater Coco. It is used in Hydro so it has to hold a lot of air.
Hand watering Coco is actually a Hydro Grow because Coco is an inert medium and all the nutrients come from the feed.

[djiamchase]

Just wilted my plant in a coco experiment bounced back quickly thank you

[暖光-di]

Hello, I started learning coco after following you. My question is, does coco have to have nutrients every time it is watered? This way the nutrient solution is used up very quickly.

[bartseller]

I'm new to this as well. So first time around totally saturate and flood the plant essentially from what I'm hearing. Then after that, you want to have a slow rate of dispersing the water and nutrients in the plant until it just barely starts trickling out down below that's it. At least that's what I've heard.

[growersplus]

Gonna be referencing this video when I make the switch for sure.

[MNKI]

When fighting high humidity in a tent, which medium would you recommend? Is there a difference in evaporation?

[arianziaei]

I read on the coco for canabis website to fertigate seedlings once a day so i did till i get runoff and i ended up killing some of the plants now i have just transplanted the other ones in 5 gallon fabric pots and im scared of overwatering because they are so young

[bradgardner]

I just got mother's earth coco with Perlite! Do I need to add more Perlite or leave it alone? Thanks for your knowledge and advice 👍 peace ✌️ ☮️

[weskulturey]

Not too sure if i'll get an answer but here goes:

I'm growing pepper plants, and i don't have a fancy calmag bottle but instead used lime and epsum salt in my coco noir. Used around 5grams of lime and 2 grams of epsum salt per 10 liter of coco.

I have no idea what EC i'm supposed to be running on these plants so i'm just making sure the feed at least has a ph below 6.5 (my tap water is.8.3) with fertilizer i have an EC of around 1.8. i feed it once every couple of days with some run-off. Anything i should change? Also how often do i need to give lime (calcium) and epsum salt (magnesium)? And how often do i need to water normally without any feed? Wish there was a book about something like this. Sorry if i sound like an amateur, i am. Thanks in advance.