What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Great compact brick that expands to a lot of soil-less medium. Solid brick so you can't chunk off bits to soak a small amount at the time.
Used this in numerous potted plants and has worked very well at keeping the soil from compacting. Makes a superb substrate when mixed with a great potting soil like happy frog. Peace lilys absorb the water immediately.
Coconut coir comes very compacted and rapidly expands when you add water. The fibers quickly absorb and retain the water, which is my purpose. It softens up easily if you use the right amount of water. It comes compressed and dried so it goes pretty f... Read More
Hand axe or a hand * & cultivator tiller can double to * plant beds. Mix with shredded paper for the worms or mix it with your potting soil.
Coir is a great planting medium for your money. Comes with a nutrient booster pack.
Highlights
Quality
Very pleased with my experience with this product
It is easy to expand and the quality is very good
I am imporessed with the soil moisture retention
So i needed something to mix with the grass seed to not only help with spreading it out but to also help with moisture retentio... Read More
Price
Yes especially if the price comes back down
Good product at a very competitive price
This coconut coir comes in an 11pound block which is almost always too much for me in a single use but the price break for larg... Read More
Competitiveness
I use it primarily for propagating plants but periodically use it as a highend mulch
The plants seem to like the new addition to my soil mixes and they make worrying about watering less worrysome
It would have been a phenominal deal if both weigh 5kg as title says but you can obtain 5kg brick and a 10lb bag of castings if... Read More
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- This product had a total of 46 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 27 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is a fairly large brick and i was dumb enough to drop it into a fairly large plastic trashcan and then spray it down with water
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The problem is that as it expanded it his a wall in the expansion process literally the sides of the garbage can
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I had to cut down the side of that plastic garbage can destroying to to allow the coir space to expand
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I was expecting this to be compressed layers and break off in chunks like other coir bricks ive used but this is just one huge block
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This makes quite a bit of dirt
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
All you have to do is add water and wait as the coconut coir begins to fluff up
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Because this is such a large block i used handheld garden rake to scrape off the softened outer edges as i continued added water
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
That way the water was able to reach the inner portion of the block sooner
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