Hy-pro - Coco A&B

Coco A&B is Hy-pro's base feed for coco. One property decides what your schedule looks like, and Hy-pro state it themselves: the ratio stays the same for the whole cycle, in growth as well as in bloom.

One ratio, from cutting to harvest

Most two-part feeds are sold in a growth and a bloom version, or at least come with a schedule in which the ratio between the parts shifts. Not here. You give Coco A and Coco B in equal amounts, every time, and that does not change when the plant enters flower.

What does change is the quantity. You build up as the plant gets bigger and asks for more, and you steer that with your EC. But the composition of what you give stays the same.

That is pleasantly simple, and it has one consequence worth knowing before you build a schedule. There is no bloom switch in these two bottles. If you want the shift toward more phosphorus and potassium in flower, it has to come from a separate product, and in the Hy-pro line that is Epic Blast, the coco ripener.

On a line with a separate bloom feed, a booster is an extra. Here it is the adjustment itself. That is not a shortcoming of this feed but how the line is built, and it matters whether you plan for it.

Why it is two bottles

A two-part feed exists because certain nutrients react chemically with each other in concentrated form. Salts that keep perfectly well apart in two bottles precipitate the moment you pour them together undiluted, and whatever precipitates never reaches your plant.

So at Hy-pro the order is an instruction rather than a suggestion. Mix 5 ml of Coco A with 1 litre of water, stir well, then add 5 ml of Coco B and stir again. Never A and B directly into each other.

That "stir well" between the two steps is the part people skip when they are in a hurry. It is precisely the part doing the work: it gives the first bottle enough water to dissolve into completely before the second arrives.

In use

5 ml of Coco A and 5 ml of Coco B per litre of water, at every watering, throughout the crop. Measure your EC once both are in and mixed, not in between.

Hy-pro make a point across their whole range that their liquids dissolve completely and leave no residue. On a base feed running through a drip system, that is the difference between cleaning filters monthly and cleaning them weekly.

Alongside the base feed, Hy-pro run a coco rootstimulator and Epic Blast as a ripener. They are separate products, but they are matched to the same line.

Available sizes

Technical Specifications:

• Type: mineral two-part base feed for coco
• Manufacturer: Hy-pro
• Dose: 5 ml of Coco A and 5 ml of Coco B per litre of water
• Ratio: constant throughout the cycle
• Order: A into the water, stir, then B, stir again
• Period: growth and bloom, at every watering
• Bloom adjustment: comes from Epic Blast, not from these bottles
• Pairs with: Hy-pro Rootstimulator Coco and Epic Blast

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a different ratio in bloom?
No. Hy-pro keep the ratio between A and B constant all cycle; only the quantity rises.

Do I still need a bloom product then?
If you want the shift toward phosphorus and potassium in flower, on this line it comes from Epic Blast.

Can I pour A and B together?
No. A into the water first, stir well, then B and stir again.

How much do I give?
5 ml of each per litre of water, at every watering.

Does it work in a drip system?
Yes. Hy-pro make a point of their liquids dissolving completely and leaving no residue.