This is an excellent video. You just answered every question I had about the why and how of cocopeat washing. I was using cocopeat after only hydrating it, and whatever plant/seed I planted just didn't do well. It was then that I read somewhere that it should be washed first 🤦🏼♂️. I felt like an idiot. Anyway, thanks a lot for this video!
Same with me. I used cocopeat so many times without washing. Only after paying for some hydroponic training course, I came to know it needs to be washed. Then it also needs buffering and fungicide treatment. Cocopeat has a nature of absorbing Calcium. So you have to first saturate it with calcium so that it doesn't take any calcium away from nutrition water and leaves nothing for plants. This is done by soaking cocopeat in calcium nitrate solution for 48 hours.
Kindly tell me what should be ppm range for Coco peat best suited for sowing seeds/germinnation in hydroponics and your explanations were 👍 great. Keep doing.
And thats why nowadays most people use hydroponic no matter in apartments or single land house, use no soil. Because hydroponic is much easier to maintain compared to soil. Ph and ec easy to take care in water than soil
Not entirely true. I do both hydroponics and organic gardening and my aim is to use as less of materials I can to make gardening too complicated. I use cocopeat and vermicompost and results are great. Managing the garden is also easy, you just need to water the plants with plain old water. The thing is that I use organic methods for crops that are harvested in a staggered fashion because If i am preparing 10 buckets every week or 10 days for growing a certain crop then I will have to make different nutrient solutions for every 10 buckets in 10 days and 4 nutrient solution reservoirs for 40 buckets in a month which gets tedious to mantain and prepare so organic for such crops And hydroponics for others
Best video on this topic!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏thanks 👍👍 *QUESTIONS 1)* What should be the final ppm of water from washed cocopeat if planing to use it with soil? *2)* why do you use RO water or rainwater for washing cocopeat if planning for use in aquaponics BUT only tap water if cocopeat is to used with soil?
(1) Even If using in soil it's best if you can keep ppm as low as you can but try not to go over 1000 ppm (2) Because when using in Hydroponics we want TDS of coco peat as low as we can because we need a particular range of TDS to work with and if we don't wash it with RO water then salts would be too high to cause plant stress and nutrient imbalances as any changes in hydroponic systems have quick effect on plants. For different reasons, plants can die overnight in hydroponics WHEREAS In soil, plants can work with higher TDS, although not too high. TDS of water from soil is pretty high if you can measure it you will know. And any change doesn't affect plants quickly in soil. Plants don't die overnight in soil.
Greetings from Shree Krishna Fiber Mill and Exporters, India. We are prominent manufacturer and exporter of Coco peat in India. We are exporting premium quality Coco peat to various countries. Looking forward to collaborate with you.
Hello, my home tap water has a tds level of 150-160 ppm i don't have a ro filter so can I use this tap water in my cocopeat hydroponics ?? I have buffered my cocopeat
Yes a hole will do the job. Nipple helps to collect cocopeat water for TDS testing cleanly. You can just pick some washed cocopeat, squeeze out the water and collect in beaker. Then test TDS.
Agar Gaon mein RO ka paani nahi hai toh aap apne peene k paani ka TDS note kar lijiye aur fir peene k paani se cocopeat wash kijiye aur cocopeat ka TDS peene k paani k aas paas tak neeche le aaiye
Agar koi easy tareeka hota toh zaroor batata sir. Par Cocopeat ko properly wash karne k liye uska TDS neeche laana hi padhega aur uske liye RO ka paani chahiye Ya aisa tap water jiska TDS 250 ppm tak ho
Brother, my tap water tds is below 160ppm, can i use it to wash cocopeat and bring down tds for hydroponics In cocopeat medium ? And aap buffer karte hai calnit and mag sulph. Se ? Kya really jaruri hai buffer karna ya sidhe dhone ke baad direct use kar sakte hai ? And can i contact you on telegram if you could help clearing some doubts regarding same ?
Yes. You can use your tap water that is below 160 ppm to wash cocopeat. Sometimes, i buffer my cocopeat and sometimes i don't. If you don't buffer then there is a slight possibility that your crop may show calcium deficiency but it's not always the case. Many times there is no problem in using non buffered cocopeat Here is a video 👇 where I have used both buffered and non buffered cocopeat :- ua-cam.com/video/4Yic-vu5X5w/v-deo.html
@@smgardener already watched that 2 times. And i think you just made a comparison between low and high tds water and i don't think you've buffered it using calcium nitrate and magnesium sulphate. Also I've bought this generic atc ph and tds3 tds meter from amazon and being a new bie and having only these 2 meters with me. I'm doubtful of results this gave me. Tds neter shows my ro water tds just 6-8PPM which is too low while of tap(municipal one) below 160ppm like ,between 130 and 160. And got really tired of trying to calibrate this ph meter using screw. I actually bught this distilled water 5l can from local battery shop and checked it's ph and tds which are about 7.5-7.8 and 20-30ppm respectively. Now i have heard distilled water should hsve very low TDS below 10ppm so i am not sure what's wrong. This ph meter shows my ph of RO water acidic between 5.8-6.5 and i got shocked if it's really true ? I mean i tried calibration with both buffer powder and tried testing one by one adjusting it with screw to make it 4.01 and 6.86 but everytime i switch to 6.86 to 4.01 and vice vers there's always a 0.1-0.2 fluctuation. So i am really not sure if these cheap ph meters are meant to be like this or it should be accurate every time i test same liquid. I think i should just use it as a sort of idea giving pH machine and make my solution ph between 5.8 to 6.3 to be on safer side since I'm going to use only cocopeat method only and there won't be need tk regulate fluctuations in case of dwc or pvc pipe method. Plz share your experience or user inputs as to try on vegetables it would take at least 5-7, days for new seed germination and in that mean time of 7 days the return window of amazon will close. So sorry I've to write such long post and burden you, but i trust your instincts and experience too much.
Sir mai protray me cauliflower aur cabbage ki nersary dalta hu 8-10 days ke baad usme micronutrients ka spray karne ke liye jo ghol banata h Bo kitne ppm ka hona chahiye Mere pass 50 ppm ka pani available rahta h 8-10 days ki nersary par kitne ppm ke micronutrients ka ghol spray kar sakte h Please reply jarur dena
Sir protray me nersary ke liye kya Buffer karna jaruri h Aur mere yaha 350 tds ka pani rahta h Kya usme cocopeat ko wash karna sahi rahega Baise barish ka pani bhi available h Mai protray me Nersary dalta hu Kheti ke liye Uske liye puch raha hu Please reply jarur dena
Very good helpful informative video. Didn't realise it contains so much salt, but like you said: coastal aereas. Thanks a lot!
This is an excellent video. You just answered every question I had about the why and how of cocopeat washing.
I was using cocopeat after only hydrating it, and whatever plant/seed I planted just didn't do well. It was then that I read somewhere that it should be washed first 🤦🏼♂️. I felt like an idiot.
Anyway, thanks a lot for this video!
Same with me. I used cocopeat so many times without washing. Only after paying for some hydroponic training course, I came to know it needs to be washed. Then it also needs buffering and fungicide treatment. Cocopeat has a nature of absorbing Calcium. So you have to first saturate it with calcium so that it doesn't take any calcium away from nutrition water and leaves nothing for plants. This is done by soaking cocopeat in calcium nitrate solution for 48 hours.
Thank you
Thanks for the knowledge given it will help to get healthy plants and proper yield
Kindly tell me what should be ppm range for Coco peat best suited for sowing seeds/germinnation in hydroponics and your explanations were 👍 great. Keep doing.
Below 300 ppm
Apne Joh Hydroponics drip pe Cucumber Plant kiye the.. Ush keliye Cocopeat buffer karna padega kya..
And thats why nowadays most people use hydroponic no matter in apartments or single land house, use no soil. Because hydroponic is much easier to maintain compared to soil. Ph and ec easy to take care in water than soil
Not entirely true. I do both hydroponics and organic gardening and my aim is to use as less of materials I can to make gardening too complicated. I use cocopeat and vermicompost and results are great. Managing the garden is also easy, you just need to water the plants with plain old water. The thing is that I use organic methods for crops that are harvested in a staggered fashion because If i am preparing 10 buckets every week or 10 days for growing a certain crop then I will have to make different nutrient solutions for every 10 buckets in 10 days and 4 nutrient solution reservoirs for 40 buckets in a month which gets tedious to mantain and prepare so organic for such crops And hydroponics for others
Best video on this topic!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏thanks 👍👍 *QUESTIONS 1)* What should be the final ppm of water from washed cocopeat if planing to use it with soil? *2)* why do you use RO water or rainwater for washing cocopeat if planning for use in aquaponics BUT only tap water if cocopeat is to used with soil?
(1) Even If using in soil it's best if you can keep ppm as low as you can but try not to go over 1000 ppm
(2) Because when using in Hydroponics we want TDS of coco peat as low as we can because we need a particular range of TDS to work with and if we don't wash it with RO water then salts would be too high to cause plant stress and nutrient imbalances as any changes in hydroponic systems have quick effect on plants. For different reasons, plants can die overnight in hydroponics WHEREAS
In soil, plants can work with higher TDS, although not too high. TDS of water from soil is pretty high if you can measure it you will know. And any change doesn't affect plants quickly in soil. Plants don't die overnight in soil.
@@smgardener Thank you sir for answering my questions. 🙏 Please keep up the good work. JAI HIND 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
I agree...best video on this topic. I have subscribed this channel too. Hope I get more accurate information like this from other videos
Agree 👍
Jugaad bht acha h.....,, 👍👍👍👍
Very informative thanks a lot. How long can we store or shelf life of washed cocopeat powder? Pl let me know.
As long as you want
Buffering k liye calcium nitrate aur mgso4 use kr skty hain kya
Sir sirf salt pani ke saath beh jaye matalab tds kam ho yehi na?wo sea sand agar rah bhi jaye to koi problem nahi hai na?
Very well explained
Thanks
Thankyou for your video which gives a new information
Excellent video 🙏🙏
Greetings from Shree Krishna Fiber Mill and Exporters, India.
We are prominent manufacturer and exporter of Coco peat in India. We are exporting premium quality Coco peat to various countries. Looking forward to collaborate with you.
Sir can we use only coco peat for casing of white button mushroom.
sugarcane nursery ke liye cocopeat sirf wash karna hain ya phir buffer karna hain
Perfect information friend 🤝🤝🤝👍💚
Thanks
Nice very nice information Sir thank you very much
Hello, my home tap water has a tds level of 150-160 ppm i don't have a ro filter so can I use this tap water in my cocopeat hydroponics ?? I have buffered my cocopeat
Yes you can
@@smgardener thank you 🙏
Thank you for good info. God bless
Thanks a lot
Can you please make a video how to buffer Cocopeat
Soon
Great video
Thank you
how to store the remaining cocopeat
Need to buffer cocopeat if using in grow bags for growing tomato and capsicum?
Currently PPM of cocopeat is around 290 PPM.
Thank You !
It's always better to buffer coco peat in hydroponics. Otherwise calcium/magnesium deficiency may occur
Sir mny pot ma soil k sth mix kr k lgani ha
Pothos k liay to buffer ki zrort hogi
Or agr soi mix na ki jai to phr kia buffer ki zrort hogi? Pls reply
Agar soil k sath use kar rahe hain toh sirf wash karein buffer nahi
Nice
JAi shree Radhe krishna bhai ji
I have already mixed cocopeat with soil without washing and tds check, what to do now
Do you mean soil? Are you growing organically or hydroponically?
@@smgardener yes
No problem. Just make sure you wash it next time you prepare potting mix
Only cocopeat is good for indoor decorating plants????
No. It will keep plants too wet
Coco pit me kya milana chahiye
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New Subscriber here
Sir cocopeat ofline kaha se kharide
How did u break it into two
With a scree driver
Kya hm isko samer ke water se wash ker sakte h
Kaun sa water?
hi u have made a good videos can i share on my face book page wetroot agro care?
How to boost tds of water plz teel
Increase salt concentration
Bhai Coco peat ke press Kia h Bhai plz bta dy
Press nahi kiya....aise hi wash kiya hai.
@@smgardener 😂😂😂😂 wo price puch raha hai shayad... You are funny man
How to remove tannin from cocopeat?
Need to wash it until waters runs clear. When the colour of water is clear then most of the tannin should be gone
Good information friend👍
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Why did you use a nipple in the bucket. The hole could have done the job.
Yes a hole will do the job. Nipple helps to collect cocopeat water for TDS testing cleanly. You can just pick some washed cocopeat, squeeze out the water and collect in beaker. Then test TDS.
Pine ka pani to tds nahi hota coco peat ko tds kahase layege yar gav me tsd ki kya suvidha hoti hai easy tarika bataya karo
Agar Gaon mein RO ka paani nahi hai toh aap apne peene k paani ka TDS note kar lijiye aur fir peene k paani se cocopeat wash kijiye aur cocopeat ka TDS peene k paani k aas paas tak neeche le aaiye
Bhai easy tarika se batao tde kanatak matkaro
Agar koi easy tareeka hota toh zaroor batata sir. Par Cocopeat ko properly wash karne k liye uska TDS neeche laana hi padhega aur uske liye RO ka paani chahiye Ya aisa tap water jiska TDS 250 ppm tak ho
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For hydroponics, this is necessary. TDS should be low. Even for organic gardening TDS should be brought down to the level of TDS in tap water
Brother, my tap water tds is below 160ppm, can i use it to wash cocopeat and bring down tds for hydroponics In cocopeat medium ?
And aap buffer karte hai calnit and mag sulph. Se ? Kya really jaruri hai buffer karna ya sidhe dhone ke baad direct use kar sakte hai ?
And can i contact you on telegram if you could help clearing some doubts regarding same ?
Yes. You can use your tap water that is below 160 ppm to wash cocopeat. Sometimes, i buffer my cocopeat and sometimes i don't. If you don't buffer then there is a slight possibility that your crop may show calcium deficiency but it's not always the case. Many times there is no problem in using non buffered cocopeat
Here is a video 👇 where I have used both buffered and non buffered cocopeat :-
ua-cam.com/video/4Yic-vu5X5w/v-deo.html
@@smgardener already watched that 2 times. And i think you just made a comparison between low and high tds water and i don't think you've buffered it using calcium nitrate and magnesium sulphate.
Also I've bought this generic atc ph and tds3 tds meter from amazon and being a new bie and having only these 2 meters with me. I'm doubtful of results this gave me.
Tds neter shows my ro water tds just 6-8PPM which is too low while of tap(municipal one) below 160ppm like ,between 130 and 160.
And got really tired of trying to calibrate this ph meter using screw.
I actually bught this distilled water 5l can from local battery shop and checked it's ph and tds which are about 7.5-7.8 and 20-30ppm respectively.
Now i have heard distilled water should hsve very low TDS below 10ppm so i am not sure what's wrong.
This ph meter shows my ph of RO water acidic between 5.8-6.5 and i got shocked if it's really true ?
I mean i tried calibration with both buffer powder and tried testing one by one adjusting it with screw to make it 4.01 and 6.86 but everytime i switch to 6.86 to 4.01 and vice vers there's always a 0.1-0.2 fluctuation.
So i am really not sure if these cheap ph meters are meant to be like this or it should be accurate every time i test same liquid.
I think i should just use it as a sort of idea giving pH machine and make my solution ph between 5.8 to 6.3 to be on safer side since I'm going to use only cocopeat method only and there won't be need tk regulate fluctuations in case of dwc or pvc pipe method.
Plz share your experience or user inputs as to try on vegetables it would take at least 5-7, days for new seed germination and in that mean time of 7 days the return window of amazon will close.
So sorry I've to write such long post and burden you, but i trust your instincts and experience too much.
Sir mai protray me cauliflower aur cabbage ki nersary dalta hu
8-10 days ke baad usme micronutrients ka spray karne ke liye jo ghol banata h
Bo kitne ppm ka hona chahiye
Mere pass 50 ppm ka pani available rahta h
8-10 days ki nersary par kitne ppm ke micronutrients ka ghol spray kar sakte h
Please reply jarur dena
Sir protray me nersary ke liye kya
Buffer karna jaruri h
Aur mere yaha 350 tds ka pani rahta h
Kya usme cocopeat ko wash karna sahi rahega
Baise barish ka pani bhi available h
Mai protray me Nersary dalta hu
Kheti ke liye
Uske liye puch raha hu
Please reply jarur dena
Zaruri nahi hai par ho toh achha. Aap 350 TDS water se wash kar sakte hain
Bukwas bnd kr,,, fazool kaam barhaye ja raha hy
App cocopeat buffer par video banao sir
Sure 👍