You know what i hate?

[dirtymike]

Perspective that I aint freezing.

[Bowhunterwoody]

I've done Marcy and Algonquin this year, plus a bunch of the danglers. Not a fan of the crowds on the famous peaks. My camp is up just north of Paul Smith's. Was up last week. Do a bunch of x-country. Not a fan winter climbing though. My complaint was about the ice storm and wind taking down powerlines and losing power for a day with single digits. Guess that's just my whiner's perspective.

[Bioaccumulation]

I dislike whiners who cant handle the areas they live in! Wanna know why our elders moved up here? To get away from the lunacy of bigger areas! THIS IS the north country and we LOVE IT! Ive hiked mt marcy twice this year and telemarked down! Its a wonderful winter wonderland!
Guess its just a matter of perspective!

[dirtymike]

Stationed in the Dakotas for 3 years, Hope i never see it again.

[Bluey]

Yeah. The coco fibres and small roots look identical. Not much you can do about that. I wash the new stuff and the old till I get clean water runoff as that's an EC of 0. I should probably soak it in Calmag but I just couldn't be bothered.

[Gingerbeard]

Uhh... yeah. Totally my bad on the whole coco/cocoa mix up. Someone must have dabbed me a Sativa.
Still. Good information, wot?

[Bowhunterwoody]

Same here. Ice and wind suck.

[Rwise]

Yep the sprout was about 3" long, I hate tree rats!
BTW its a cocoa shortage not a coco shortage.

[Gator]

Winter in NY, I've had enough of the shit

[Ckbrew]

coconuts tree rat ate it seriously coco first time four pots biggest hard pass on it stoner humor wash before PITA buy more No buildup wash reuse more Reuse wash mine push binding salts messy clean everywhere mold salt build up on top root balls issue pot bound old pot wash it help I try root balls pot Cleaning OCD let me not do it. Yes

When to much time WTF?

[golfnrl]

Yeah, its the same for me. The root balls take up most of pot. Cleaning out the roots takes a little bit of effort, some of the smaller roots look like coco fibres. I wash mine in a strong cal/mag solution after everything gets a thorough wash with cleaned PH'd water. Probably don't have to PH the rinse water but my mild OCD won't let me not do it. Yes, I PH the cal/mag solution as well. I've noticed that some of the smaller coco gets washed out in the rinse.

[Bluey]

I can get that bit of salt build up on top also but the root balls are an issue for me. They pretty much fill the pot and you could say even root bound so I don't get much coco out of the old pot. I wash it, new and old till it runs clean, turn it a few times to help dry it out and give it a low dose calmag.

I try and get all the old roots out.

[golfnrl]

I have to wash mine because of the way the plants deal with feeding from the bottom. They push all the binding salts in the nutrients to the top of the medium. Gawd it's messy to clean. Perlite was everywhere. Now I have extra stored in a tote, that has condensation under the lid, and I wonder about mold.

[Gingerbeard]

Damnit. You said cocoa. Never mind all that stuff about coco.
But still. Reuse coco.

[Gingerbeard]

No washing. I pretty much went from bag-to-bag after a grow. Figured nutrient buildup has not been an issue so why wash?
I might consider adding perlite if I reuse more than a couple times.