Wil's 2025 Winter Auto Grow

[wil2279]

Recharge is good stuff, but I've never used the grow dots. I felt, with a simple formula like Jack's in peat, I'd have more control over excesses or deficiencies than with dots. Recharge works so well, I might rethink my position. I'll be watching to see your results with them.

I have not used them before, but I do like to try new things and part of my reason for my grow journals is not to show how well (or poorly ) I grow. My reasoning is to help people learn along with me. If I was just going to do what worked, I'd be growing in earthboxes. Next winter I'm going to do a perpetual grow for about 6 months.

But yeah, check in and hopefully we can see how these grow dots work. I just ordered a few small fans and a couple of exhale bags. As well as my 2nd light for the 2x4.

 

[wil2279]

Thanks for the info. That sounds interesting. I'll hang out too n see how things go.

Keep in mind I've never grown in coco before. But I'm going to treat it kinda like i would peat. I am thinking I may add some oyster shell and palletized gypsum to add some calcium to the mix and I may add a few cups of rock dust.

 

[greenmobster440]

Keep in mind I've never grown in coco before. But I'm going to treat it kinda like i would peat. I am thinking I may add some oyster shell and palletized gypsum to add some calcium to the mix and I may add a few cups of rock dust.

So what ya plan on feeding the coco? Ya trying to avoid the calmag drag?

 

[wil2279]

So what ya plan on feeding the coco? Ya trying to avoid the calmag drag?

The grow dots are the fertilizer... I'm going to add cal mag if I need to. I don't think i will need to.

 

[greenmobster440]

The grow dots are the fertilizer... I'm going to add cal mag if I need to. I don't think i will need to.

So I take it the grow dots have no calcium support?

 

[wil2279]

So I take it the grow dots have no calcium support?

Honestly I'm not sure but the guy that makes them uses them in coco...

 

[wil2279]

So the bush doctor coco loco from fox farms already has earthworm castings, perlite, oyster shell and a few other things... so i think I'm just going to add gor dots and see what happens.

 

[greenmobster440]

Nice stacked up medium. I wonder how well it buffers ph.

 

[wil2279]

Nice stacked up medium. I wonder how well it buffers ph.

When I ordered it, I didn't realize it had the guano, and castings and stuff in it. I'm a little worried that the grow dots may be too hot, but I'm going to give it a shot anyway. I am thinking I may even try a 3 gallon with the ocean Forrest and maybe put some grow dots in there too.