From Coco to Terra/Soil

[Stiritup420]

I have my main grow in 180mm pots of coco with Canna Nutes run to waste (pain in the arse)

I need to transplant up to 300mm but i want to use Canna Terra and change to organic liquids

Anyone done this with larger than seedling or clone? My head says it should be fine. Will they be ok?

Should i flush the coco before i transplant?

 

[Old fox]

No reason they shouldn't be able to go into peat ( Canna terra) from Coco. They may suffer some initial shock until you dial in fertigation to new medium. I wouldn't flush before repotting, in order to maintain existing e.c. in medium around the root ball during transition . Your plants look real healthy btw.

 

[afghan bob]

Mate i mix the 2 together, [coco and terra] at about 60-40
Give it a go and add extra perlite, terra got about a handful per bag
At least that way if u worried about shock only equates 2 seen grandma in her undies 4 first time
They get over it pretty quickly.....[or burnt into vision 4ever]

 

[Stiritup420]

Thanks guys.. Just waiting for my yellow bottles and ill give it a go. They are getting a bit woody and need a repot soon.

 

[Pikey]

Just waiting for my yellow bottles

Is that the Aussie made stuff?

 

[Stiritup420]

Yes mate. Advanced Floriculture Adelaide.

I have heard nothing but good from US growers so decided to give it a go.

 

[Pikey]

I've seen it about, but never given much attention to it. I'm interested to see how it goes for ya

 

[Stiritup420]

I've seen it about, but never given much attention to it. I'm interested to see how it goes for ya

Yeah, It's an interesting product line. Cost me around $400 but I will probably get 10 grows from that at least. Very cheap if it's something i stick with.

 

[Stiritup420]

Ok, so my Yellow Bottles arrived and i got the job done.

I added about 15% coco and 10% worm castings to the Canna Terra. Then i mixed half strength Nutes.

hopefully nothing will go wrong

 

[frankreynolds]

i want to use Canna Terra and change to organic liquids

From memory that company from Adelaide only has organic additives, but there base ferts are still mineral/salt based.

 

[Porky]

Ok, so my Yellow Bottles arrived and i got the job done.

I added about 15% coco and 10% worm castings to the Canna Terra. Then i mixed half strength Nutes.

hopefully nothing will go wrong

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Was just having a look at their site.
Which products of theirs are you using mate?

 

[Stiritup420]

From memory that company from Adelaide only has organic additives, but there base ferts are still mineral/salt based.

I think you are right.. It's not 100% organic.

 

[Pikey]

From Bloom-Yellow Bottle

"A&B is a highly concentrated hybrid, buffered base nutrient. It is termed hybrid as it has an organic and mineral base."

 

[Stiritup420]

Was just having a look at their site.
Which products of theirs are you using mate?

Everything from their delux grow schedule apart from a couple of things i already had like silica and cal-mag.

 

[Stiritup420]

They are not looking terribly good this morning.. Seems they are in a bit of shock. Hopefully they get over it fast.

 

[Sedge]

I remember wanting to try the yellow years back ,,then musta forgotten about it ,,
be keen to see if the ultra ,,if that’s the right name,,,actually brings on flowering quicker like they claim.

 

[Stiritup420]

Shit yeah.. I definitely overwatered post transplant but 36 hours later they are looking much better.

Leaves are straightening and it looks like they are growing. They got a bit woody in the small pots so ill give them 10 days or so of growing in the new medium and nutes before i flip.

 

[Stiritup420]

Today is a week post transplant.. 3 of the predator are sick 2 of which i think will recover ok but will be small as they have not been able to grow. Acapulco gold was the fastest to recover, Almost no shock or stress with those. 6 of the 9 recovered and are growing but they have not been watered or fed yet apart from just a small amount in the saucers for them to suck up. 2 of the 3 that are sick can not be watered as they are not drinking and pots are still heavy.

They will probably only get one feed before i flip and maybe kill the really sick one if its not improving in the next few days. Overall it was a success but not an ideal thing to do. I definitely would have had better canopy at this point if i didn't do this..

I only have a iphone 7 but i thought it could take better pics than this.. No idea what i am doing. Anyone know why my pics are so shit quality?

 

[Pixie]

You're being a bit hard on yourself mate pic's look pretty good dirty oily lense or something.

 

[Stiritup420]

You're being a bit hard on yourself mate pic's look pretty good dirty oily lense or something.

cheers mate, just seem very poor definition, i did use HDR function. No big deal. Probably should clean the lens though lol