coco canna or soil?

[vibezfoundation]

were there any there any other issues other than watering? eg any problems with run off in the fabric pots?
im not working for the forseeable future so times not an issue , and i enjoy spending time giving the plants (and therefore myself) some love. so hand watering not an issue for me ( or is it ? lol) just realised im currently not sure how watering coco in fabric pots is? anyone else got a 2 cents? thanks to you an the forum im getting an air pennie jar going lol

[vibezfoundation]

hey grower 1988, with your daily watering did u feed plants with a 20% runnoff? is this why the watering sucked? u have to carry old water out aswell??!? cheers

[Adriaanoo]

were there any there any other issues other than watering? eg any problems with run off in the fabric pots?
im not working for the forseeable future so times not an issue , and i enjoy spending time giving the plants (and therefore myself) some love. so hand watering not an issue for me ( or is it ? lol) just realised im currently not sure how watering coco in fabric pots is? anyone else got a 2 cents? thanks to you an the forum im getting an air pennie jar going lol

Im using fabric pots and coco and im hand watering.

Everything is good. I bought special run off trays(they are cheap) and water pump. I sealed the hole in the run off trays and use battery pump to get the water out.

It sucked when I had to carry trays with water and Im having like 50% run off lol so the pump is useful.

I never used soil and I think i will stay with coco. Later I will invest in drip system which I can connect to trays.

[Phytoplankton]

Soil is easier and less labor intensive, and IMHO the product tastes better. I cannot use canna, my water supply is well water and has very high TDS (total dissolved solids), particularly Sodium, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium and Manganese, which would lead to nute lock issues. There are a few tricks to increase yield in soil grows.

[Squaggy]

I’ve done both and Coco is a lot easier in my opinion.

[Greengrass]

I’ve done both and Coco is a lot easier in my opinion.

Whatever God you worship, they just spat their tea out

[vibezfoundation]

adriaanoo! that msg was what i didnt no i was missing, bit more info of ya and i think iv found my solution. what run off trays and pump are you using? links or pics would be sweet as mate. im with u on upgrading to a drip system later. p.s how come so much run off?

[Squaggy]

Whatever God you worship, they just spat their tea out

I think soil is good if you can read a plant so imo not good for newbies.. but coco, once you understand ec and ph and keep nutes simple is a piece of piss to get good results

[2wasted]

if uk, i get 50l of canna terra from ebay for about £15

[Mac]

p.s how come so much run off?

The more water you run thru coco the more air you force thru the roots. As the water drips thru it sucks air in behind it too.
The more water you run thru coco the easier it is to control root zone PH, as you essentially flush any built up salts daily.