What type of coco coir are you using? I used to use the fiber time but I found after a while it didn't seem to hold as much water or air as I thought should and kept getting finer and finer which in my opinion is actually destroying a very fabric of the medium by making it to fine so I had to switch to Coco chips Chucky don't break down quickly whole lots of air and retain water quite well.. But I'm not sure why you're letting it sit as you say? I have been mixing
Happy Frog soil 50/50 with Coco chips originally I was doing 1/3 teaspoons of heavy soil to wind scoop of Coco fiber but it wasn't draining as quickly as I wanted so I did a little research and found out it's a 50-50 mix is just fine after all no matter how much soil potting mix whatever your girls are going to suck all the nutrients out of it anyway that's why you're going to be adding your own nutrients so I'm able to stretch my
Happy Frog complete blend potting mix a little further oh,
happy frog has everything in it but I do ad a little bit of worm casting and bat guano... when you're living on an old man fixed income as I am every ounce counts but as for letting it sit for a transplant or anything like that I see no reason but don't misunderstand me if you have heard or feel better about letting your amended Coco coir or buffered Coco coir as you call it dash – – sit and meditate or stew itself together by all means take the time and make your beef stew ! Time isn't a commodity that I can't afford to waste a my age I might be here today and gone tomorrow but I just mix the stuff together and then either transplant or plant I don't make stew he does that on it's own while the plant is growing! But it's somebody from here tells you make stew do it I'm not trying to tell you to do anything you don't want to do! but remember Coco coir in any form is going to lock up some of your nutrients I can't tell you which ones off the top of my head but it will prevent some of them from getting through as easily I use it mainly for water retention and a i r but I also use grow bags I need as much water retention as I can hang on to and air is always good also please remember you don't have to listen to anything I say I could just be an old man living in his basement and rambling on and on and on use your own judgment take everything you hear tow it into a bucket and then do your homework investigate investigate I know that sounds like... Well why the hell did I come here and ask questions then? I thought I was doing my homework and my investigation , well no matter what you hear you she still check it out further if you can, or just do what you're told it's your choice