Coconut Coir Potting Mix Recipe - Coco Coir, Compost, Perlite or Vermiculite
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- A great potting mix using coco coir, perlite or vermiculite and compost. We prepare this easy potting mix or soil with rain water. Coco coir is an easy to use and neutral pH potting medium. Buy coco coir here: amzn.to/16ino3a
Coconut coir or coco coir is a great alternative potting mix medium for preparing potting for peat moss. Although coco coir and peat moss are interchangeable, coconut coir is a more sustainable alternative to peat moss. Sustainability is the #1 reason to use coco coir over peat moss
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Can I use soil instead of compost
Actually where can I get compost
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can I just use a partial brick or set aside unused coco coir for later use?
@@sydneyfranke yes, probably best if you don’t add a lot of water to start with because it will need to dry before you store it. Also,the dried, compressed coco coir is usually a block made sections. I use it for my earthworm bedding and I either separate the “slabs” that make up the block. You can also put some water on the block, taking off the coco coir as the outside of the block absorbs water. N.
To picture how the coir sections, think of it as a three layer cake, a square cake. If you put it on one of its two large square sides, you can see the three sections that compose the coir block. If you use a very slim tool, a putty knife or a couple of old butter knives, you can pry the sections apart. It is probably easier to let water soak in from the bottom of the “three layer cake.” As the coco coir becomes damp you can rub sections off, preserving the dry or mostly dry section to use later. I set the mostly dry part of the block in the sun and make sure it has dried before you put it away.
How much rock dust? In addition, people should be warned against breathing in rock dust. Rock dust is very fine and gets airborne easily and can cause incurable lung disease faster than smoking cigarettes!
About a cup per square feet is good to start with, yes avoid breathing int he dust!
Brrrrrrrrrrrrick. Love the accent and the video!
Coconut coir contains more than just potassium, it's also full of sodium (salt). It's important to not only soak the coconut coir, but also to rinse it thoroughly to remove the salts as well as the dusty coco peat that soaks up moisture and doesn't allow proper drainage. Another important factor is properly buffering the coconut coir with calcium and magnesium.
There are cation exchange sites in coco that will interfere with nutrition until they are buffered. The cation exchange sites in coco naturally come loaded with sodium (Na) and potassium (K) cations. However, the Na and the K are only weakly held to the exchange sites. In the presence of calcium (Ca) or magnesium (Mg), the sites will release their Na or K cations and lock onto the Ca or Mg. These processes are known as “cation exchanges”.
Also, vermiculite and perlite aren't the same thing. Vermiculite holds on to moisture like a sponge, perlite just creates air pockets and improves drainage. I had to learn that one the hard way.
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Hi Jeremy, could you please advice on how much Ca and Mg you need for a 5 kg block like the one used in this video, and how long it should soak.
Yep you should wash and charge it. You can actually see a difference in the medium once done. It's less dusty, it's fluffier, and it isn't hydrophobic like untreated brick coco can be. And you're asking for PH problems otherwise
If you add boiling water it will expand much faster plus make sure it really is sterilized.
+Gustavo Ribeiro de Mello Thanks for sharing this tip!
You sterilized with hot water treatmeny
I have gotten a in house plant compost that came packaged like this it said to add 3L which i did and it was a bit hotter than lukewarm however the soil is extremely wet! 😭 will this dry out after a while?!!
Gloria O no sorry it will remain wet forevermore
Be careful adding vermiculite perlite helps at aeration vermiculite helps water retention meaning the more vermiculite you have the more water your pot will hold the more perlite you have the more oxygen inside your pot and easier draining so this is very bad information for saying you can substitute vermiculite
True, they do different things. A lot of people don't seem to know this.
Hi! Here in Germany I prepare coco coir with water to which I add liquid fertilizer (organic of course).
My potting mix is this: compost, worm castings, coco coir + granular clay instead of perlite for drainage and aeration. This mix works fine for heavy feeders like tropical hibiscus, roses, oleander, citrus plants.
Hey how much fertilizer are you using? Just the recommended mix with water?
Hi. If I store the wet coco peat, will it produce molds on it? If yes, how can I prevent that? Thank you.
One thing that I do, is add the liquid fertilizer to the water that expands the coir block. That way it is in the coir as you mix your potting mix.
Is coconut coir and perlite okay? Or do I need to add something too
Does that mean that you can then plant your vegetable in there without having to add compost or things like that
Daniel Herrera coco and perlite work fine
Does coco come with insects in it?
@@NorthernCatt sure but there's no organic material. Best to add some worn castings or compost as well. Also look up washing and charging coco. If you're getting it in brick form it's a must IMO. You'll see a big difference in results
I have to let everyone here know. I started growing microgreens this year for market. I helped my 9yr old to do his science fair project to find which growing medium would work best... we used peat, cocoa coir, compost, and an equal parts al 3 mix. The coco choir was by far the best with both raddish and green peas.
Good to know! Thank you for sharing!
How is the microgreens business going so far, where's you demographic located if you don't mind me asking
Use it for my cannabis and they love it.
I add pearlite, local worm castings, and Gais greens dry amendments.
Dam an here I am teaching my 9 yr old an my 6 yr old how to cultivate canibus
I picked up a leaf of a snake plant from the parking lot of a nursery 5 years ago. I planted in pure coir and it's doing great. It's now a cluster of snake plant.
1:02 “Let the Brrrrick absorb all the water” 😂
Thanks for the info, this video helped a ton.
Glad it helped!
rinse the coco coir to rinse out salt which will kill your plants.
I use this mix for nearly everything I have planted. All are growing perfectly!!
on the first place i though we need to use hamer to break the coconut coir lol
LOL
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if you use coir, you need to understand a number of plants don’t do well with the higher potassium, phosphorus, sodium, and chlorine. These unbalances cause lockout of other nutrients and may require high amounts of calcium and magnesium to balance the nutrients. The issue is unless you buy the much more expensive processed coir that states it is buffered, you may not know until your plants do poorly. It is well know that the build-up of fertilizer salts are an enemy to plant roots. Coconuts grow in high salt areas along the ocean, and because there is an abundance of salt water, many sources use it instead of fresh water to leech the coir when processing. Some may not leech at all or only 1-2 times - you just don’t know. Everyone thinks oh coir is a natural by product, a waste product and it is but it takes a lot of natural resources such as precious fresh water to process it so most plants will grow in it. But if one brand of coir is way cheaper than others, stay away from it and try a more expensive brand that mentions triple washing with freshwater, buffering, etc. If your potting media is already naturally high in salts, to me you are always fighting an uphill battle. Coco often has a CEC in the range of 90-100 meq/100 g of media. The CEC of coco is naturally loaded with potassium (K) and sodium (Na), with little or no calcium (Ca) or magnesium (Mg). These are the four cations that are most important when buffering coco. The loss of the Ca and Mg is one thing, but you also get an increase of K and Na. High levels of K (potassium) will hinder the uptake of Mg by plants. Sodium can negatively impact plant health even at low levels and is toxic to some plants starting at 50 ppm. Growing in coir requires the use of specialized nutrients, unless already buffered when you buy, you will be feeding more calcium and magnesium. Even if buffered as to not lock out some nutrients and be too much of others - this will change and your nutrient and methods will need to be adjusted. You can’t just expect to use coir the same as peat or bark. If I’m growing something that is partial to coir I always soak 24-48 hours in fresh water, rinse and rewash the coir a couple of times until salt levels are reduced to almost nothing - but is a pain. Most studies I have read do not recommend growing strictly in coir but to use a blend of peat along with other ingredients. Compost is not enough to buffer and perlite and vermiculite add drainage but also hold water. Perlite can hold up to 8% of its dry volume in water or nutrient so,utions. See Perlite Institute. See this article on the chemistry of coir - www.maximumyield.com/the-chemistry-of-coco-coir/2/2678 . Just remember, unlike in-ground growing, growing in soil-less mixes (in raised beds or containers) means you must add everything - NPK, minerals such as calcium, magnesium and sulfur, trace minerals. This includes keeping the ph correct as fertilizer and water sources play as big a part in ph as does the media. And even if added in the beginning, most will be needed again in a few months because watering will leach it through high drainage media. And most important...keep in mind you can add all the microbes and bio- this or that you want, but if you use chemicals that kill them - what’s the point. Research before you use any chemical, one for toxicity to bees, birds, fish and also microbes.
I did a mix of 1:1 coco coir and perlite, and a small handful of worm casting. it turned into a think sludge that held water and nearly killed my plants
I live in India and and I got the same size coconut coir brick for rs.125 or 1.87$.....its very cheap here..
My Company is manufacturer of coco Peat in Loose form and i used to sell it at Rs.10/Kg.
Why does it cost so much since it is just a by product of coconuts? In South East Asia, they just take the coconut husk and dry it out and smash it with their hands and use it.
Rooftop Veggies I'd like to learn to grow with it. I have to use containers currently .
Im from Andhra Pradesh, Rajahmundry. Beside we have a village of nurseries called Kadiyam, called a nursery and asked the cost of 5kg block, he told me ₹200 to deliver to my home,went to that nursery and bought 5kg block, he told me ₹200 & gave me a vermicompost which costs ₹50, its ₹150 per 5kg
What percentage of the average daily wage is that?
Yo, that montage song is LIT. What is the name?
Great video, vibbed hard during the rehydration scene but overall a lot of great information!
In case anyone is wondering between the difference of Perlite and Vermiculite. Vermiculite will mix with soil and help it retain water while perlite will add drainage to the soil when mixed.
I've been playing with soil and coco coir this year and somehow I think you don't really need perlite.
Coco does not compress from watering, it stays fairly loose giving a lot of oxygen to your roots and even tho it can take a lot of water in, it does drain extremely well after it's full.
It never stays soaked long if your pot has holes.
What seemed to work well for me was actually just use potting soil with Coco fiber 50/50 and the Coco replaces the perlite.
For some plants like orchids you can also wash the Coco to remove most of the fine parts, which creates an even looser substrate.
Pure coco does work, but needs constant fertilization, which can be a bit too much work for some, it's called "fertigation", you fertilize with every irrigation, ideally until water comes out in the bottom (to prevent build up).
The results I've seen with Coco have been impressive so far. Plants grow much faster than in pure soil and the more coco, the faster they grow (but the more work).
One thing that is nice about coir is that if it gets dried out, it absorbs water rapidly, Dry peat repels water. This is important when growing xerophytic plants like cacti and succulents. When watering such plants grown in peat, the water runs across the top of the soil, down the sides and out the drainage holes leaving the bulk of the soil ball bone dry.
Another point: don't use either vermiculite or perlite. Use both perlite and vermiculite. Mix them about half and half. These are two different products and each adds qualities that enhance the other to the benefit of your plants.
Vermiculate does the same benefits as perlite?
To add to this and be more specific.... Perlite is good for aeration + drainage and vermiculite holds water really well but also when watering with liquid fertiliser, vermiculite will hold onto those nutrients leaving them available for the plant to take in for a longer time.
Each plant is different so double check what it likes first. Some, like Emmit said, thrive in a 50/50 mix. Some like 2/3 of one and 1/3 of the other. Some like only one or the other. It also depends on what you're growing in; the garden, a container, a pot, indoors etc.
Also, vermiculite contains silica which is good for many plants including cannabis. I use Dr. Bugbees mix of Peat moss/vermiculite/perlite with a little lime and gypsum. It does drain slowly when dry. @@anunohmouse7460
I am looking to use this for succulents. What’s your opinion?
Coco coir is used for water retention and perlite is usen to make high draning soil. So using both at the same time will not be contradictory?
So trouble why u dont add more water in the first drop
Doable
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Br-rr-rick ! ❤️ Thank you for the video
For people who don't have perlite or vermiculite ,use coarse sand it can provide the needed aeration and drainage.
Perlite is a lot lighter right and allows more oxygen storage. Not sure on price comparisons but probably cheaper too
James Evans perlite is far more expensive than sand for the same volume. About $4 more expensive
Pumice works too
@John Evans
Rice hulls are even better than perlite. Lighter, more oxygen, hydrophobic, don't take up space for roots unlike perlite/hydroton.
Pumice and rice hulls
Porring mix 😂 I'm only laughing cause I'm Indian, it's allowed 😒
Very informative video
Nice sharing
Stay tuned friend
Except you didn't buffer/rinse/ph your coco? You have to wash all the excess salts out of it, our it will burn the shit out of your plants. This is definitely not the video to follow when it comes to using coco.
It depends. Most of the coir products today are washed. This one from Sakti agro is triple washed: amzn.to/3pojvSx
This video was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
4:47 for the potting mix recipe
I have lots of coconuts how do they grind it up where do I get the machine please
what is the difference between coconut coir and coconut peat? what is the best for seed coconut peat or peatmoss?
you roll your D's. I like it. Perlite is also a non-renewable resource. Use sharp sand.
kitsurubami Thank you for the feedback. I'll look into sharp sand as well.
I have fertilizer ( Espoma Organic Garden Tone Herb and Vegetable Food) and organic garden lime ( Espoma). What would be the recipe? Would it be 1/3 Coco Coir, 1/3 fertilzer, and 1/3 compost? Where does the garden lime come into play - or does it not at all? Question on fertilizer - in the directions on the bag it says to mix 9 cups per 50 square feet. How much soil is 50 sq ft? Thanks!
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Hello, I used your method of making potting mix. I think it is perfect. The only problem I am having is after watering it if I check it with moisture meter, it shows me very low water content. Would that be okay? Have you tried checking moisture content after watering?? Please advise..
always amazes me how each time I watch your videos on gardening I learn something new. Thank you
Please remember that the water should be warm as oppose to cold to absorb faster into the coco coir.
I like your accent and love the way you say "brick" and "potassium".
Doesn’t the coco coir needs to be buffered with calmag? Coco coir contain lots of salt and if not buffered will release it over time and will cause a salt build up in your grow pot. 2ml of calmag for every one gallon of water use to soak the coco coir. Somebody please let me know if I’m wrong.
I used about half and half of Coconut Coir and an organic manure plus compost. At least I did for a decent amount of my buckets and pots. In some cases I mixed in other things, but I can't remember. This is my first year taking gardening seriously, though I failed to record what I did in each container. All I can say for sure is that it is all organic based, no Miracle Gro.
At the end of the season I'm probably going to recycle my potting soils by mixing them all together, add a mushroom compost and more Coconut coir. I'll call it my Square One initiative.
Also I love the rrrr sound.
That stuff is really nice. I subbed your channel and will be following your garden as I tend to my gardens and greenhouse!
Chuck
Fensterfarm Greenhouse Thank you! Glad you liked it. I too subbed your channel because I always like to learn more about green houses and how they are maintained and your channel seems to have some awesome info. Happy Gardening!!
My brother just used these on my
Vegetable plants, will see how good
this will be for my plants!🤞🏼🤞🏼
Great video. I added some Worm castings to the mix & Jobe's Organic Vegetable & Tomato slow release fertilizer. The Chili peppers love it.
I am a beginner in gardening so have few doubts. Should the potting mix be different for germinating seeds n growing plants? What would be best to grow carrots, ginger n lemons?
You can same 5kg block at 1.4 dollar in India easily in local market not online
It's quite expensive in the states because most of it shipped from India or Sirilanka.
I like his voice. RRRRRRR
QueefJuiceOverflow LOL!! My thoughts exactly! Too funny
What on earth are you guys talking about? th-cam.com/video/ARzkWrgkzTg/w-d-xo.html
indian i think
QueefJuiceOverflow it is so beautiful like music to my ears 👂
I like it when he says brrrrick
Coir has become one of the most favoured ingredient in all potting soil and substrate mixes due to its unique properties and plays an important role in reducing and replacing peat in the mixes...
I know you posted this some time ago, but I just had to add in my 'Thank You' for your video. Your recipe is simple, efficient, and just an all around good general base for planting! Plus - you taught me something about Spinach sprouts, - I didn't realize you could segregate and bare root plant them so easily. Thank you - two for the price of punching a couple of keys!
Thanks! Glad you liked the video! Happy Gardening!!
Amazing also how I've got spinach seedlings handy!!
@@easypeasy2991 mmmm
If it isn't prewashed that media isn't ready for some plant types. It shouldn't leach any color out when it's ready for those other types.
I LOVE THE WAY YOU ROOOOLLLLLL YOUR R's!!!!!!!!!
Gloria Lucia Storm
and the W as V.
nothing wrong with an Aussie accent This guy sound like one of my son in laws I don't why people have to bring up accents you all have one.
Thats not an Aussie accent its Indian
lol it's an indian accent
I like the way he says coconut coir.....you need not scream gloria g-l-o-r-i-a
Will this work for tomato plants?
If I'm adding Dr Earth Premium Gold All Purpose Fertilizer to the Coir, compost and vermiculite. What should the percentages be for each ingredient with this combination? THanks!
Can you grow plants in just the Coco coir ? (Only) I'm new at this.
Nope they need nutrients
Yes, hydroponically. You have to put (salt based) nutrients with every watering.
I mix 25% homemade compost, 25% perlite, 25% Coconut coir and 25% Sharp sand or builders Sand, then add Chicken Manure for seedling, I feed liquid from my wormery and sometime Comfrey & Nettle Liquid to my vegetables.
+Arshad Farooqui That sounds very good, thanks for sharing!
*I am using a Bio-manure in Hemp Farming, having following ingredients and am getting bumper yield and wonderful results every time:*
*1.* Cocopeat: 60%
*2.* Azadirachta Indica cake: 10%
*3.* Castor cake: 10%
*4.* Bio-consortium: 10%
. (N,P,K fixer bacterias)
*5.* Vermi-compost: 10%
I am ready to tell you its source of availability in the best interest of mankind.
Can you please post the links of their availability
Great tutorials on gardening!! Do you happen to have any links to purchase perlite and compost?
Same I need the compost
Can I mix this with normal soil and Perlite and then use it for all my houseplants?
yes, i do that for mine.
can I use vermicast instead of compost?
Yes you can!
Would this mix be ok if i was making a closed terrarium? Very good video and easy to follow. Thanks
What about peat moss vs. coco coir?
I use coco coir for pretty much everything my mix is usually 1/2 coco coir 1/4 earth worm castings and 1/8 perlite I also mix in 4,4,4 all purpose Gaia green fertilizer and 2,8,4 bloom from Gaia green.
So, it’s 1/8 fertilizer?
Thanks for excellent presentation on making growing media with coconut coir and organic material. It is available because it is a forest product. The benefits of coconut coir is found in the following sectors:
- Nursery seedlings management.
- Rooftop gardening
- Greenhouse & polly house cultivation.
- Commercial seed research farm.
I wasn't sure what to get, so I just filled 2 new small raised beds with an ' organic plus raised bed & potting mix' Kellog bag that I bought from Lowe's. It's ingredients: aged recycled forest products, coir, perlite, dehydr.nchicken manure, composteed chicken manure, peat moss, kelp meal, worm castings, bat guano. It looks really dark, fluffy with flecks of perlite & smells humusy. Sure hope the asparagus crowns & onions grow!
+ekeanor roberts Its a good mix. I have covered this exact raised bed mix in my video on how to start a raised bed garden: th-cam.com/video/-tY5g7Dm2yk/w-d-xo.html
Sangat bermanfaat informasi jadi pengen menanam bunga trus
I like the wagon shure looks like right tool for that job
Is store bought coco coir composted already
Coir doesn't need to be composted. It's the stable part of the medium
Good presentation. You almost said it... but to clarify, coconut coir is a true renewable and manageable resource. That is a major benefit. It is a forest product. It grows. When you use it, more can be grown. In fact, I would think it consumes far less energy during production and shipping than peat products.
Yes that's correct! Happy Gardening!
I thought it was from the husk of coconuts. 🤔🤭😀
Coco peat for tarantula
Thank you for an episode on soil mixes...we use this same coir mix in our raised beds with much moisture retention success (the vermiculite/biochar option tends not to float like perlite ;-). We are getting great looking eggplants now with this mix...and by watching your profile series!
CM Nakagawa Thank you and glad to know you are getting great looking eggplants. Our eggplants are still growing in the cold of December :) I just put some black plastic bag cover to retail more heat, which is helping a lot. I too like vermiculite since Perlite does float and doesnt look pretty on small seedlings/plants. However not much difference once the plants grow up! The aeration properties of coconut coir and perlite/vermiculite is quite amazing!
What's Rob dust? A friend? Seriously, what is the white substance??
A nice video !! Before big bagging do not you dry it ??
If you wish may skip my questions
I watched in 1.5x speed
This was extremely enjoyable and helpful to me!!! Thank you
also pls make videos on south Indian veggies for us indians..like sambar onions, potatoes that will suit the climatic conditions of southern india
Its jst doubld in price in some stores
Yes prices fir gardening items have doubled
I add a liquid fertilizer/fish emulsion mixed in rainwater to the coconut coir block at the very beginning of the process.
I have the perlite and coconut coir but I need help getting the compost, what do you recommend me getting
pile leaves in the garden go over it with lawn mow to break it pour kitchen garbage of paper napkin animal products in a garbage container with lead and periodically mounting in the garden and cover it with soil or broken leaves. In the Spring you have compost and earth warms for use.
Sorry, but I have to correct you on some points... 1) There are 270 Million Acres of peat bogs in Canada alone... Let's not forget Russia that has 3 times as much and other countries... Out of the 270 Million Acres, in Canada, only 40,000 acres is harvested... That's 1 acre for every 6000, available.
Peat moss is a living resource. The peat bogs grow 70% more peat moss each year than is harvested. It too is a renewable resource... It is NOT a Non-renewable resource...
2) Peat Moss does not block the uptake of Calcium. The Potassium in Coir require supplementing and don't forget to wash Coir to remove excess Salt... Of course Peat moss can be on the acidic side, but adjusting the pH is more simple than removing excess Salt... and still having to supplement calcium, with Coir...
Over all, both have their pros and cons, but Peat Moss comes out slightly on top... For me, on a scale of 10, Peat Moss gets a 10, where Coir gets 9.5... They both hold moisture equally well, but there is no advantage to using Coir over Peat Moss...
3) Peat Moss sells for a fraction of the price of Coir... That's due to the amount of Processing that Coir goes through, to make it fit for your garden... Peat come straight from the bog to your garden after drying and cutting... and that's it...
Thanks for the information!
the "mining" does disturb the plants and animals living in that bog though. yes all wetlands grow organic matter at an alarmingly fast rate, making them great carbon sinks.
I mixed coco coir with builder's sand (approx. 5:1) for a tropical hibiscus, and it's not doing as fine as it did in a regular mix. It seems to hold to much moisture. Last time I planted it in a cacti/bonsai mix and it grew crazy, lots of leaves & flowers. What can I do/expect?
Yes but in cacti-bonsai mix there is also sand, and peat instead of coco. But today the hibiscus is starting to grow, it seems that mix was new to it and needed more time to root.
Do you have to rinse the coir to eliminate salt? Coconuts grow near oceans and absorb a lot of salt. Thank you for your answer.
I dig the funk. Also, the way you say "brick" is awesome.
sand + clay + compost = best potting mix to use
If your clay sucks, add gypsum and invest the time now to transform the soil in your yard
Create a plot in ground that you can use for potting mix and planting vegetables and routinely add compost and turn over.
If you have plants in your yard, maintain/prune them and pile up the waste a compost bin you can make yourself with bricks and tarp.
Many of the options out there are really good, but if we are going to be greenies about our green thumbs we should be conscious of the environmental impact that products like perlite, vermiculite, bog peat etc. have. You can consider the harvesting of these materials as mining. We cant prevent all the mining and movement of resources, but we can avoid products that have a carbon footprint and use our horticultural leanings to help mitigate other carbon footprints
cocopeat or coconut coir?
Same thing
when it was expanding like that...i got scared that its going to come get me !
+Ashish Choudhary LOL it was fun, wasn't it! Happy growing!!
+California Gardening yup got some today!
Worm castings for fertilizer
Tessa H pleasebe very careful with worm castings these days look ip Jumping worm invasive species invading many parts of the US
I have spoken to different Biology Depts of Universities and a few Government Authorities here and as yet there is no ay to kill these soil destroying worm species That is why I am now only using coconut coir soil and uplifted my plants from the garden into large pots to save them
Bexaida Candelaria 🙄
Lol two little boxes cost me 12 bucks where do you get yours
Need not to squeeze Cocopeat? Heard that it will made up of salt water, so had to squeeze...
I love your videos thank you for making them. The coir block that I bought has a lot of salt in it. I heard plants will die if you use the coir as is so you need to wash the salt out first. Have you ever had this problem and if so how many times would you need to wash it?
When you water your container, all salts get flushed, dont worry about it!
+California Gardening thank you for your advice.
Hello,
At what rate are you buying coco coir? Where is this farm located?
it's 20 bucks now. *sigh* anyway, thanks for showing us how much it expands! great vid.
The price varies by supply and demand. Yes its more expensive than peat moss :)
I just bought 3 of these bricks from Walmart for under $11.
Very nice video. Thank you for sharing.
+Lene Ring Thank you, glad you liked it. Happy Gardening!
Can this potting mix be use in a container for growing flowers or on a hanging basket flowers? I grow annual flowers. Thx!
I put some seeds in coco coir mixed with water before 4 days. They are growing nice. When should I add water mixed with nutrient solution?
You can add nutrient solution when the plants reach about 4 inches in height and show their first set of true leaves
Does coconut coir attract termites? I live in south Florida where termites can really be a problem.
I havent seen it attract termites
Donald Fry They are generally pest resistant.
Americans are now in the process of over popularizing coco coir as they did it to peat moss.
Coco, perlite, sand, top soil, compost. I will try equal parts. Good?
+Baron Christoph Yup! Good Luck!!
Nice mix CG! Do you ever use sand as a drainage assistant? Have you used top soil in a bucket grow mix? I'm thinking of coco-coir, top soil, perlite and compost in equal parts. What do you think?
+Baron Christoph Thanks! That looks like a good mix (coco-coir, top soil, perlite and compost in equal parts). Happy Gardening!
+Baron Christoph And yes I have grown in sand and compost with quite good results. See this: th-cam.com/video/3-3Ahda5OFU/w-d-xo.html
Better to add fertilizer to water first. This way it’s evenly in the mix
Is this also good for monsteras and/or philodendrons?