Coco peat for cannabis plant is used to get a good harvest. The plant needs a large amount of nutrients for good growth and a large number of climatic factors must be met. Although many countries around the world grow cannabis only in the soil, various methods are now being used to achieve better results. Meanwhile, cocoa coir / peat has become popular as a medium for growing cannabis.
Coco coir/peat is a new growing medium for cannabis. It gives the plant the experience of growing in the soil. These cocoa beans have a very high ability to retain moisture and retain nutrients for the roots. It promotes healthy and fast growth of plant roots.
COCO COIR IS THE MEDIUM YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR. YOU JUST MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN IT.
It’s easy to just grab a bag of coco peat from your local grow shop and plant your cannabis plants in it. You’ll get results, they just might not be the results you were expecting.
The reality is, to grow better cannabis you need to be smarter about how you’re growing it. From the nutrients you use, to when you top your plants, to when you chop them down are all important factors. But a simple change you can make in your grow to boost your yields and quality is to just swap out your medium.
And there’s no better medium to add to your blend or as a standalone home for your plants than coco coir. Here’s the top 4 reasons you need to be using it in your grow.
COCO IS RENEWABLE
Coco coir is a byproduct. If it wasn’t for some genius discovering how great cannabis grew in it, that’s what it would have stayed. When coconuts are used for their husks and meat, in food to textiles mainly across Asia, coco coir is the loose stringy material that falls off during processing.
Instead of just throwing this byproduct out, it is recycled and batched into bags, then shipped across the world.It takes hundreds, thousands, or millions of years to accumulate beneficial microbes and other decaying biological material. Compared to other mediums, coconuts take very less time to mature.
The main source of coco coir comes from the Malaysian coconut tree, which has spread across most coasts around the world, making it the most available worldwide. After reaching full growth in 5-6 years, the coconut tree will continually produce coconuts for several more years.
While six years might seem like a long time to wait for some coconuts, it’s much faster than waiting for a peat bog to develop, and it’s much more environmentally friendly than mining for perlite and other media, considering just one coconut tree can produce over 150 coconuts in its lifetime.
COCO IS PH NEUTRAL
The pH value in peat is moderate. Depending on the contents of the potting soil and other organic media
The pH value varies. Cannabis requires a certain pH acidity to grow. You should take this into account when using an organic medium and supplemental nutrients.
While it isn’t difficult to change you pH with some additives, you can avoid the hassle altogether by growing in coco. As a pH neutral medium, you have much more control over your plant’s environment. It is also easier to manage your feedings without having to account for rapid pH changes that could shock your plants.
IT’S GREAT FOR HOLDING MOISTURE
Due to the light but still non-absorbent nature of coco peat , it has excellent aeration and drainage capabilities. Therefore, water can be retained very well. If you want to feed your plants frequently without overfeeding, coco is a good option.
Combining it with other additional media such as peat and perlite can create a highly aerated mix that holds moisture. Or add cocoa to whatever soil mix you’re using now to increase its nutrient content.
FULL OF NUTRIENTS
Think of a coconut like a giant seed. The way coconuts spread across the globe was by falling off of their tress and rolling into the ocean. After landing on a foreign beach the coconuts would shed their outer material through the journey and eventually result in the sprouting of a new tree.
The same organic, nutrient rich material that the coconut produces to sprout new trees is also in coco coir. By adding coco coir to your soil mix you get additional nutrients rich in hormones and bio-stimulants that encourage more growth. Compared to peat which is also full of nutrients, other than the obvious renewability benefits of coco, it also much stronger of a material. In fact, coco coir resists compacting and breakage to the point that it can last three-times longer than peat.
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