Coir: loose or bricked?

Rev Drucifer · 09-02-08, 14:17

I found some coir at a pet shop and they had it in 2 forms, the bricks and bags of just loose coir.

Since you have to break up the coir anyway, would it just be easier to go with the loose stuff?

seymorebunz · 09-02-08, 14:27

You get allot more with the bricks........

goldenteacher1163 · 09-02-08, 14:33

bricks IMO are better the loose stuff I have seen has all kinds of long hairs from the shell but brands may vary

Rev Drucifer · 09-02-08, 14:45

Cool, the bricks are $2 more but about 3-4x the weight.

Spent all day trying to find verm, perlite, Jiffymix and coir....coir is the only thing I could find. (Checked WalMart, Target, Home Depot...)

I did find a grain store up the street though, that should surely come in handy.

seymorebunz · 09-02-08, 14:50

trying fruiting in sandbags and all you will need is coir/doo

Rev Drucifer · 09-02-08, 15:50

SWIM has some mycobags going now, but he's pretty sure he wants to case them. He thinks he might fruit on in a bag just as a test.

Looky · 09-02-08, 16:00

Perlite you can usually find at Home Depot, Walmart, K-mart, Lowes. Verm can be a royal PITA to find. If you have any nurseries anywhere near you, that is going to be your best bet. You obviously could find the perlite there too. Sometimes Home Depot has Verm (I have seen people find it there), but I have never seen it there and I have looked so many times.

livewire420 · 09-02-08, 16:44

verm lowes but you better hurry they are about to switch the season

Skatterman420 · 09-02-08, 16:46

Found Verm at Lowes, they only have MG Perlite though, which gets algae bigtime, had to get reg perlite at a Hydro shop.

eatyualive · 09-02-08, 17:24

bricks are cheaper. your paying for volume when you get it loose.

wildburr · 09-02-08, 17:30

Lowes ends up carrying Verm (medium grade) when fall comes. they sell it in the fireplace supplies, they call it realistic ash bed (i think) for gas fireplaces.

BuckarooBanzai · 09-02-08, 22:20

Def bricked, preferably blocked.

Botanicare CocoGrow 5Kg block (retail $15-$20).

Hydrates to 65 liters of coir. Equivalent to 8-12 blocks (depending on brand).

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09-02-08, 14:17	#1 (permalink)
Rev Drucifer Mycophiliac Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 31	Coir: loose or bricked? I found some coir at a pet shop and they had it in 2 forms, the bricks and bags of just loose coir. Since you have to break up the coir anyway, would it just be easier to go with the loose stuff?

09-02-08, 14:33	#3 (permalink)
goldenteacher1163 myco guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 300	bricks IMO are better the loose stuff I have seen has all kinds of long hairs from the shell but brands may vary __________________ "It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine." - Charles Darwin

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eatyualive ExoCannibalist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,373	bricks are cheaper. your paying for volume when you get it loose. __________________ Click for Eat's Reference

09-02-08, 17:30	#11 (permalink)
wildburr Midnight Toker Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,294	Lowes ends up carrying Verm (medium grade) when fall comes. they sell it in the fireplace supplies, they call it realistic ash bed (i think) for gas fireplaces. __________________ Silence is Golden, but Duct tape is Silver.

09-02-08, 14:45	#4 (permalink)
Rev Drucifer Mycophiliac Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 31	Cool, the bricks are $2 more but about 3-4x the weight. Spent all day trying to find verm, perlite, Jiffymix and coir....coir is the only thing I could find. (Checked WalMart, Target, Home Depot...) I did find a grain store up the street though, that should surely come in handy.

09-02-08, 15:50	#6 (permalink)
Rev Drucifer Mycophiliac Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 31	SWIM has some mycobags going now, but he's pretty sure he wants to case them. He thinks he might fruit on in a bag just as a test.

09-02-08, 16:00	#7 (permalink)
Looky Former Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,891	Perlite you can usually find at Home Depot, Walmart, K-mart, Lowes. Verm can be a royal PITA to find. If you have any nurseries anywhere near you, that is going to be your best bet. You obviously could find the perlite there too. Sometimes Home Depot has Verm (I have seen people find it there), but I have never seen it there and I have looked so many times.

09-02-08, 16:44	#8 (permalink)
livewire420 Former Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,271	verm lowes but you better hurry they are about to switch the season

09-02-08, 16:46	#9 (permalink)
Skatterman420 Former Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 575	Found Verm at Lowes, they only have MG Perlite though, which gets algae bigtime, had to get reg perlite at a Hydro shop.

09-02-08, 22:20	#12 (permalink)
BuckarooBanzai Prone to ranting... Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,053	Def bricked, preferably blocked. Botanicare CocoGrow 5Kg block (retail $15-$20). Hydrates to 65 liters of coir. Equivalent to 8-12 blocks (depending on brand). __________________ Banzai Institute for Higher Education (a collection of growing Teks & threads)

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