Can I Use This Coco Fiber???

elcolombiano · Nov 25, 2018

Morning! Need some advice please!
Asked a friend to buy some coco coir for me for some coco hempies.
He brought me what you see in the photo cuz i told him to make sure it was the coco coir with hairs. The other option he saw was coco peat that had no hairs/fibers so he took my directions to the word.
Can i use this fiber or should i buy the coco pest and mix it in or just use the coco peat even if it doesnt have fibers/hairs???
Thanks for any input!

JWM2 · Nov 25, 2018

Personally I like coco without hairs. Canna coco has hairs. Plagron coco does not. I like plagron coco better.

DetGrnThumb · Nov 26, 2018

elcolombiano said:
Morning! Need some advice please!
Asked a friend to buy some coco coir for me for some coco hempies.
He brought me what you see in the photo cuz i told him to make sure it was the coco coir with hairs. The other option he saw was coco peat that had no hairs/fibers so he took my directions to the word.
Can i use this fiber or should i buy the coco pest and mix it in or just use the coco peat even if it doesnt have fibers/hairs???
Thanks for any input!

Char Coir is the way to go. Apparently you need to teach your friend how to shop.... or just do it yourself

Xinmat · Nov 26, 2018

elcolombiano said:
Morning! Need some advice please!
Asked a friend to buy some coco coir for me for some coco hempies.
He brought me what you see in the photo cuz i told him to make sure it was the coco coir with hairs. The other option he saw was coco peat that had no hairs/fibers so he took my directions to the word.
Can i use this fiber or should i buy the coco pest and mix it in or just use the coco peat even if it doesnt have fibers/hairs???
Thanks for any input!

Yes you can use it, no problems. Coco peat is a preferred medium for many.
I use CANNA Coco Coir, there are several different types of Coir in the range. Professional, Organic, Standard & a beginner Coir.
50L costs between £12 & £16 ,
You can pay the same for 10L.
EBay or Canna.com.
Definitely the easiest medium to keep ph & other nutrients level.
Good Luck, remember to soak before planting, and can be flushed & reused.
Best of luck.

Xinmat · Nov 26, 2018

DetGrnThumb said:
Char Coir is the way to go. Apparently you need to teach your friend how to shop.... or just do it yourself

He's Right y'know?

elcolombiano · Nov 26, 2018

DetGrnThumb said:
Apparently you need to teach your friend how to shop.... or just do it yourself

:D I agree, won't be sending him again! The nursery is just so far away.... Lazy me!

Xinmat said:
Yes you can use it, no problems. Coco peat is a preferred medium for many.
I use CANNA Coco Coir, there are several different types of Coir in the range. Professional, Organic, Standard & a beginner Coir.
50L costs between £12 & £16 ,
You can pay the same for 10L.
EBay or Canna.com.
Definitely the easiest medium to keep ph & other nutrients level.
Good Luck, remember to soak before planting, and can be flushed & reused.
Best of luck.

If i had access to Canna I would get it (or Char Coir), but price just blows up when I include import fees and all that to my country. So, i have to settle with what i can find here while i become rich ;)
I had used coco peat before several times and was happy with it but noticed it had hairs/fibers in it. Never tried hariless/fiberless coco peat. And according to my friend there are no middle point available right now. I think I will get some and do a side by side: hairless coco peat vs only hair coco fiber vs a mix of both! Will share once i do it!

Thanks alla for the input!

Xinmat · Nov 30, 2018

Xinmat said:
He's Right y'know?

Xinmat · Nov 30, 2018

I'm a Brit.
Says it all

Xinmat · Nov 30, 2018

Where are you?
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DetGrnThumb · Nov 30, 2018

If you're limited with your options and need to use what you have there you could literally toss that fiber into a blender for a quick hit or even chop it up with a weed whipper or something of the like to get a finer consistency

elcolombiano · Nov 30, 2018

I went to the nursery myself, they had a nice coco peat, not so many hairs as the coir I used to use a few years back, but it has some. Didn't try to give back the fiber... I found several uses for it in my home garden, and I also considered something along the way of what DetGrnThumb said. I might take a bit of the fiber and put it in the blender to add to this coco peat if i see it needs some additional aeration.

elcolombiano · Nov 30, 2018

Xinmat said:
Where are you?
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I'm in Colombia, South America.

DetGrnThumb · Nov 30, 2018

elcolombiano said:
I went to the nursery myself, they had a nice coco peat, not so many hairs as the coir I used to use a few years back, but it has some. Didn't try to give back the fiber... I found several uses for it in my home garden, and I also considered something along the way of what DetGrnThumb said. I might take a bit of the fiber and put it in the blender to add to this coco peat if i see it needs some additional aeration.

As long as you have the ability to provide multiple waterings daily (simple irrigation system with a large enough reservoir) you can never have too much aeration

crimsonecho · Nov 30, 2018

You can mulch your soil too :)

newh · Nov 30, 2018

I would definitely give that a good rinse its probably loaded with salt plus i bet it has no buffer.If you have an ec meter catch some of the rinse water and check it

Xinmat · Nov 30, 2018

elcolombiano said:
I'm in Colombia, South America.

Xinmat · Nov 30, 2018

That's a pretty difficult place to get weed mediums I'd have thought.
There must be some really suitable soil, which obviously isn't what you want, however, using perlite could be a solution, tho I reckon the Boss will know better.
Fabric pot are excellent retaining & root pot.
However, if you're going large scale hydropnic system, ignore this amateurish growerr, . learning loads here, itsi great to have experienced expert tips

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