Is Your Coco Coir Suitable for Hydroponics?

We show you a quick method to measure your coco coir's EC to make sure that you are using the purest product available. We compare Mother Earth with Ugro using reverse osmosis water. It's worth pointing out that the best coco coir doesn't always have the lowest EC—that's because some manufacturers use buffering agents to aid with nutrient uptake—but this test gives you an initial "snapshot" of your coco growth media so you have some idea of what you're dealing with.

[ellisjk]

I bought Mother Earth in the 5kg blocks and it had 550 ppm's. I had to wash it 3 times before it got under 100. Then I buffered it in cal mag and sensibloom coco a & b, mixed in 1/3 perlite, good to go. You can't buy antthing better, just do it yourself.

[BJJandBS]

I go through about 100 bags of Mother Earth per month. Sometimes its 10ppm, sometimes its all the way up to 80.

I also use a 2-1 ratio when doing my slurry tests.

I run straight Coco in all of our plants and flush with just 100ppm cal mag 1x week. NO issues. We also don't water to runoff when feeding. 2yrs with this method and 2000 plants at all times always seem happy.

As for Coco buffers. I hit my tables with SM90 at 2ml gal between harvest and 5ml gal of enzymes, 400ppm cal mag.

[scorporsupremacy]

Not to cause any issues here but, I live in the Caribbean and not all coconut trees are grown by the ocean. There ARE a few inland farms all over the place and some folks have trees on their properties that are well away from the ocean/beaches.

[mean_nuggin]

Bro that wasn't Vancouver Island it was Spirit Island in Jasper.... Still awesome video man! Thank you for the always valuable info.

[JudiintheKitchen]

WOW! Thank you for this video...VERY enlightening! I just bought some coco coir and will be using it soon for the first time ever. The ad SAID it was well washed. Now I know better and will test the water first to be sure. THANK YOU!!

[richardsanchez]

Ayyyy. Thank you. I checked runoff and it was +900ppm. Generic thai coco in Bangkok.

[floridamanadventures]

happy to hear it bro! I'm leaving tomorrow for holiday, back in 2 weeks. I'll be looking forward to the video flow soon

[floridamanadventures]

coco.. one of the best mediums I think. Renewable, cheap and awesome!

[calrawe]

yeah dude your videos are great. Fast info keeps me interested and if i miss something i can always rewind

[sbad]

This is a good video. I have been having issues growing in cyco Coco and this is probably the issue!!

[renethundress]

You sound so fun. You should teach kids this stuff

[jerumd]

Now i can plant my venus fly traps using Mother Earth with confidence!! Thank you very much for sharing!!

[elkabong]

Have you ever tested fox farm coco loco ? Keep up the great videos

[MrDylanryan]

How often should I feed in coco? I have 2 gallon pots with hydroton on the bottom, coco, then topped with hydroton. I transplanted 3 days ago. Forgot to check my ppms. I checked yesterday, they were at 1200. I panicked, I flushed them, dropped them down to 270 ppms. When should I feed again. I don’t want to hur5 them!

[shazsoo]

you should have used canna coco :D would love to see the ppms

[HighSchoolThug]

I buy cheap coco coir but I'll take the time to rinse and buffer. Haven't had an issue yet. Saves alot of cash but you need to spend more time cleaning it.

[irfangaba]

Hi, May I
know what is required PPM of any kind of Coco coir? A prompt reply will highly be appreciated. Cheers

[ripleymorgan]

HI Everest, Do I need to feed cal/mag @ 300ppm everytime or is this just a pre charge if so what should my ppms be after with cal/mag and my base nute also when i water do I aim for 20 - 30% run off oh one last thing i saw u used sub culture is this the same as orca and do i just do one aplication oh sorry some say feed, water, feed??? Thanks I would love to get my hands on some mother earth sadly the uk doesn't offer much choice cheers

[carpii]

is the ppm truncheon performing the exact meter as the ppm pen? presumably i dont really need both, which would you recommend?

[mohsenaghdam]

Ooo Holy ... I don't think about coco's PPM, wow I learn it, Thank You Everest❤️👍🏽