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It's the only thing I've ever used. Can't think of any cons, but maybe I'm missing something? I can think of cons with other medias without using them. That's why I chose peat and perlite.
Check out Mr Cannuck on youtube. He waters coco like soil. I guess it works either way. Cocoloco is another great prduct you can water like soil.Good video. Thanks.
The sustainability issue is not an issue to me. I chose peat over coco because peat can be watered like dirt, every three days. Coco needs daily watering. I wouldn't enjoy watering that often.
Both of them are more appealing to me than dirt because the media can be sterilized. Never having to deal with bugs is a big plus.
you can sterilize all media to some extent. for the purpose of bugs or fungi. Some diseases can only be rid of from cooked soil. I hired a company to sterilize my soil when had it delivered. So semi good reason but not one id personally put my weight in as something that matters big picture. its too late in the season to cook soil outdoors now. But i can cook most my soil in a sun setup for my pots.Good video. Thanks.
The sustainability issue is not an issue to me. I chose peat over coco because peat can be watered like dirt, every three days. Coco needs daily watering. I wouldn't enjoy watering that often.
Both of them are more appealing to me than dirt because the media can be sterilized. Never having to deal with bugs is a big plus.
Check out Mr Cannuck on youtube. He waters coco like soil. I guess it works either way. Cocoloco is another great prduct you can water like soil.
you can sterilize all media to some extent. for the purpose of bugs or fungi.
Same way you sterilize most soil or the way they sterilized it. But my method would be with steam. Thats kind of the basis for high heat composting that makes most of our soil sterilized at least during that portion of the process. where most your contaminants come after the cooking packing/transit, etc. Same way you end up with sterilized manure. You can even microwave it if you want your house to smell like crap and take all day doing a plate at a time. Lots of ways to pick that apple.How are you going to sterilize something like FoxFarms Ocean Forest?
If you run coco with bottled nutes it's watered as you would growing hydro in rocks. With organics you water as you would soil. It takes a bit longer, but it works.Sustainability of peat would be an issue to me if I
Maybe it works for him, but I've seen many examples of noobs watering coco like soil and running into a lot of issues. I'm not willing to risk a crop if the only benefit is sustainability. I use two bags of peat a year. If I was runnning a cannabis farm, I'd be more inclined to factor sustainability. Beyond that, I don't see any advantage to watering coco like dirt. There is a minor advantage of being able to water it twice a day in terms of growth and yield, but not enough for me to care enough to switch to coco. I don't need more yield.
Same way you sterilize most soil or the way they sterilized it. But my method would be with steam.
Considering the context of the original response this seems to be a contentious response. But im assuming you want a real answer, so will explain it as such. Hopefully it explains why it appears that way at face value by the time i finish. Dont take this the wrong way. Im just trying to spread more uniform knowledge then have a new beginner think only those are sterile mediums and that would be furthest thing from accurate. The goal here is to ensure people arent mislead, not in any way be negative to you or your position. So i will apologize in advance as i write this if any portion comes across that way in written context. As not my intent.That kills all the bacteria. What is going to break down the worm castings, etc?
So you were being contentious. Thought so because who would ever say i use a medium that can be sterilized then argues about why would you sterilize. then tries to pretend they knew it could be sterilized all along.Of course you can sterilize dirt. You can sterilize anything. I'm saying it doesn't make a lot of sense to pay for a tried and true blend of beneficial microbes like FFOF or FFHF has then kill them and buy some more. Not sure why you wrote a novel about this, but I'm not arguing here. I just think it makes more sense to start with the most inert media if you are going to sterilize the media and see no advantage to using dirt.
The pH of the peat I use is usually 6 out of the bag. Perfect for the media. Haven't had any pH issues. Runoff is usually 5.8-6.2 pH.