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Coconut Coir Potting Mix Recipe - Coco Coir, Compost, Perlite or Vermiculite
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2024
- 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.
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.
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?
I use this mix for nearly everything I have planted. All are growing perfectly!!
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 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.
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
always amazes me how each time I watch your videos on gardening I learn something new. Thank you
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
1:02 “Let the Brrrrick absorb all the water” 😂
Thanks for the info, this video helped a ton.
Glad it helped!
My brother just used these on my
Vegetable plants, will see how good
this will be for my plants!🤞🏼🤞🏼
I like your accent and love the way you say "brick" and "potassium".
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
Brrrrrrrrrrrrick. Love the accent and the video!
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
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).
Great video. I added some Worm castings to the mix & Jobe's Organic Vegetable & Tomato slow release fertilizer. The Chili peppers love it.
I dig the funk. Also, the way you say "brick" is awesome.
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
I like the wagon shure looks like right tool for that job
This video was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
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: ruclips.net/video/-tY5g7Dm2yk/видео.html
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. 🤔🤭😀
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!
Never heard of using this stuff for my seed starting planting Have to try it better than lugging 40 lb bags of Top Soil I guess etc Thanks for sharing great info etc.
I bought a packet today from Aldi, so glad I watched this, well I was looking for a video and found this, thanks
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
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 love the way you roll your R's bro so satisfying
I love your rolling R's
Hello, this mix is great for seedlings as seed compost in England has no fertilizers, apparently seeds grow better with little nutrients and then when potting on you use a compost with fertilizer. thank you your video as very informative x
+Andrea Farrell (rowanessque) The compost/worm castings is enough nutrients for the seeds to germinate. When they become a little tall you can start using a liquid fertilizer. Hope that helps!
This was extremely enjoyable and helpful to me!!! Thank you
I'm using tis in my raised wicking beds it's brilliant thanks a lot
Amazing video compiled on the utilization of coconut choir for natural remediation
Would this mix be ok if i was making a closed terrarium? Very good video and easy to follow. Thanks
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 always learn so much from your videos! This is a great idea. So interesting. Thank you for sharing!! I love how you whip up some mix to plant your seedlings. Can't wait to see how they do!
***** Thank you! I am doing several comparisons this year with growing medium - coconut coir mix, sand/perlite/compost mix etc. Its fun to see which techniques are better than the other. Happy Gardening!!
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?
I like you because I've learned a lot of things about gardening. Thanks!
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?
Thank you for you explanation. It was simple and useful.
I am looking to use this for succulents. What’s your opinion?
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..
I like the coconut coir because it rehydrates so easily. Once peat moss is dried out, water just runs through it.
mbf211 Good point, I also find that when peat moss dries out it "strangles" the seedlings/plants, not a good thing. Coconut coir is so much better.
Hi. If I store the wet coco peat, will it produce molds on it? If yes, how can I prevent that? Thank you.
I'm using 12.5L (half a bag) quality potting mix, 9L (one block) rehydrated coco-coir, some slow release fertiliser (blood and bone as well as slow release pellets) and a few handsfulls compost. Having good luck with this mix so far. Wets nicely too, doesn't dry out and pool on top.
+Darkfalz79 Nice to know this mix is working for you! I think its a great combination.
Most potting mix in Australia is mostly bark, at different grades (ie. fine and larger for drainage) with a little sand / compost mixed in and slow release fertiliser. It's not as heavy as garden soil but it's still pretty heavy. Vermiculite/perlite is not used much here except in seedling mixes.
Nice, this is easy to follow and simple to do. Also, thank you for the tip about peat being a finite resource vs coconut coir being renewable. I do want to use more renewable resources.
Peat is being grown in Canada within 5 years so it won’t run out ever
coco coir is not eco friendly because it takes vast amounts of fresh water to remove the salts in the coir. They almost never do a good job of this so you must finish rinsing out the salts at home. 3 gallons of coir takes about 10-15 gallons of clean water to rinse it good. And that is after the harvesters rinsed it. I use peat moss and vermiculite and a little perlite.
I like everything you covered. Information, demo, presentation, explanation in Shuddh desi English. Except for the words “water” with the “rolling R” and “Potting” with “drumming D”
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
A nice video !! Before big bagging do not you dry it ??
If you wish may skip my questions
thank you for getting to the point
Wow, coconut coir sounds like the new age in soil -- sustainable, contains potassium, and just widely useful.
Very low in nutritional value, but certainly a good ingredient in a mix.
Peat is very low on nutrients too.
@@Zeric1 Sounds like a good candidate for ground eggshells and Magnesium Sulphate (Epsom Salts) mixed in.
Please remember that the water should be warm as oppose to cold to absorb faster into the coco coir.
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?
Br-rr-rick ! ❤️ Thank you for the video
what is the difference between coconut coir and coconut peat? what is the best for seed coconut peat or peatmoss?
4:47 for the potting mix recipe
Sangat bermanfaat informasi jadi pengen menanam bunga trus
Thank you. This was useful information and I am going to try it for potting, especially seed
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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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!
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!!
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.
Thank you for this very informative video! So helpful!
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.
In florida we have unlimited sand. I get a half bucket of sand mix it with cocofiver and tortoise poop and a lil mulch great stuff
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!
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!
Thank you so much for useful information, God Bless You :)
Thanks for the practical information. Just need.to know why fertilizer is to be added when compost is already added with the potting mix
I like his voice. RRRRRRR
QueefJuiceOverflow LOL!! My thoughts exactly! Too funny
What on earth are you guys talking about? ruclips.net/video/ARzkWrgkzTg/видео.html
indian i think
QueefJuiceOverflow it is so beautiful like music to my ears 👂
I like it when he says brrrrick
Will this work for tomato plants?
i love oll ur vdeos as dey make me a bettr gardener day by day ☺
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.
I always wonder about Coir and bought some the other day going to give it a try
Its good. Just remember that the fine mix is great for microgreens and the one with coco chips is great for general container gardening: amzn.to/35MB8T2
How did you get on?
Thank you so much for the mix
nice to hear about usage of coconut coir mixed with other ingradients At the .same time is it not necessary to mix neem cake powder and dry leaves as well. pl. express ur views. Subramaniam, HyBad
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!
Great tutorials on gardening!! Do you happen to have any links to purchase perlite and compost?
Same I need the compost
I have lots of coconuts how do they grind it up where do I get the machine please
Thank you for the detailed information, how can this ve used, can we use only cocopeat to grow or can add compost and cocoa peat for indoor 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?
also pls make videos on south Indian veggies for us indians..like sambar onions, potatoes that will suit the climatic conditions of southern india
on the first place i though we need to use hamer to break the coconut coir lol
LOL
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Excellent video. This season I'm switching from peat moss to coir for my potting mix. I already use home made compost and vermiculite (1/3 of each). As for fertilizer, I'm wondering if fish oil alone would supply enough variety of the nutrients for seedlings.
As for the rock dust (or azumite), I've done a lot of reading on its use (for potting mix or regular veggie gardening). I try to find the more scholarly sites like *.org or *.edu. My conclusions are that rock dust isn't really effective in reasonably healthy soils and also that it takes a significant time for essential nutrients to break down to become bio-available. I'd love to see you do a comparison test on this stuff. Many thanks for your wonderfully-informative videos.
+Captain Ron Nice to know that you're switching from peat moss to coco coir - a large step in sustainable gardening. For fertilizer there are many options, a fish fertilizer works very well, with alternate seaweed applications for even better results. You can also very the compost to add nutrients - for example use cow manure, chicken manure etc as a part of the "compost" part. Azomite does help but only for soils where nutrients are depleted. For soils which are already rich in nutrients Azomite won't show you a lot of differences. Hope that helps!
amazing. Thanks for the info, and for being a good steward of the environment. I'm never going to buy peat again.
larkatmic Glad you liked the info! Happy Gardening!!
Great info thanks
Wash it out a couple of times with a good amount of water to get rid of the salt in the pith. Dry it, sieve it and use it.
I use something similar but I let the fertiliser compost in the mixture for some months.
Excellent edit! Is there a video outlining how to mix the liquid nutrients? I have purchased Cocos A & B by a company called Home Garden and would like to know how to mix them correctly. Thank you!
What about peat moss vs. coco coir?
great! way better than 20$ a bag!
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.
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: ruclips.net/video/3-3Ahda5OFU/видео.html
Thank for this video brother...
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.
So trouble why u dont add more water in the first drop
Doable
I have the perlite and coconut coir but I need help getting the compost, what do you recommend me getting
I add a liquid fertilizer/fish emulsion mixed in rainwater to the coconut coir block at the very beginning of the process.