Organic Coco Coir 1 Pcs Compressed Coconut Brick Fiber Husk Substrate Mulch Bark Core Growing Medium Peat Moss Soil High Nutrition For Plants Gardening Seed Starting Mix

I’m trying to end my love/hate relationship with rockwool. I heard good things from a friend and decided to try this coir. The bocks are very convenient but didn’t expand as much as I thought and was finer cut/grind than I expected. I use it with hydroponic drip system 75/25 with perlite. That mix has worked out very well. I had to add screens to the pump and drain because bits of coir washed out of the pots, especially at first. At this point it works fine, now that the initial washout is over and screens are in place. I probably will go with a different medium for drip systems because of the washout mess, but would happily use it other types of hydroponics or aeroponics as a starter medium. Even though some of what I wrote seems negative, any issues were a result of my lack of understanding about the product. I went in hoping for something like rockwool, but safe and compostable. Coir is not that. I will happily use it again for some applications now that I know what to expect from the coir bricks. I don’t have enough experience with coir to recommend it vs other brands of coir. All I can say is my plants are thriving.

This product helps keep your soil moist and loose, when mixed together with the soil. Compact enough to store or transport.

Didn't notice the expanded volume, but there's no weird smell, just reminiscent of coconut. I've been making my own potting mix from coir for a couple of years, just wet, mix with some perlite and add plant food. Unlike bags of moist potting mix, it doesn't come with a population of fungus gnats. Awesome stuff.

The price was reasonable, but I didn't expect pressed coconut powder (thought it would be shredded) when I ordered husk. It would work as a soil additive to retain moisture like peatmoss, but it's unsuitable for habitat substrate and never should have been advertised as such. The product would be much better named Coconut Husk Powder or something else that would describe it accurately. Not worth returning, so I guess I'll eventually use it in repotting or give it to a gardening friend.

I use this for my house plants and it works really well. It holds more moisture and I just create my own mix from it