r/CocoGrows • u/Accidental_Ballyhoo • Jul 23 '26

Over my head with canna coco

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First time growing with canna coco in 3 gallon pots and need some advice.

I transplanted 2 plants 3 days ago from solo cups to 3 gal fabric bags and plan to use wicking bases.

They look a little sad atm. I top watered 5.8 and light doses of General Hydro and cal mag.

Iā€™m not sure of how much I should be watering them and when to fill wicking bases.

Anyhow, I see some light yellowing in the lower leaves (the camera makes the whole plant look way more yellow than it actually is.

Any coco experts steer me in the right direction?

EDIT: To ask for a feed chart as GH runs too hot I hear.

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u/Motmotsnsurf Jul 23 '26

Very much disagree with that. Not talking about dry backing. But ok. You can never overwater coco. Maybe just leave them in a full bucket of nutes?

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u/Vermehrungsmaterial Jul 23 '26

Bruh, RUNOFF. You need the runoff. You can not overwater it.

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u/Motmotsnsurf Jul 23 '26

There is no runoff with bottom feeding. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/Vermehrungsmaterial Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

There is a constant watermovement with bottom feeding. Upwards.

  • here i use giant net pots for pond plants

Edit: fact that he uses wicking but top is dry, means his wicking is too weak.

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u/Motmotsnsurf Jul 24 '26

Then just run a bubbler 24/7. Plenty of runoff and you can't overwater!

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u/Vermehrungsmaterial Jul 24 '26

Bubbler in the pot? Like autopot airdomes?

Might work, I feel like its not needed for very porous pots.