Should I use compost teas?
Compost teas can provide a wide range of plant health and soil benefits. Given the robust microbial population in our products there is no need to use teas to influence the biology in your bio365 media.
However, you may wish to use them as part of your overall protocol.
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How do I know when to fertilize my plant?
Most fertilizer manufacturers provide feeding schedules for light, moderate and heavy feeding. We recommend following the guidelines that come from the manufacturer. An alternative approach is to use plant sensing such as a chlorophyll meter to ...
Do I need to use Cal Mag with BIOCOCO?
Our coir is buffered. We recommend an initial feeding with your normal Cal Mag product, followed by dry down. See our BIOCOCO quick start guide attached below for more details.
What nutrient lines do you recommend?
We have customers using many different nutrient lines! Generally speaking, we stay fairly agnostic when it comes to recommending brands of nutrients to use with our product. We are confident that whatever brand you choose will work well with our ...
Do I need to fertilize when growing in bio365 media?
Overall, we do recommend additional amendments. We recommend fertilizing to match the needs of the plants you are growing. Recommendations will depend on many factors such as plant type and container size. Our nutrient light blends (BIOBLEND, ...
Do you use manure? What about poultry litter?
We do not use compost or manure as a source of nutrients in our media. Poultry litter is a fertilizer that provides a good source of N, P, K and Ca. The litter has been heated and pelletized during manufacture by our vendor. Our choice to use poultry ...