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truskool
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Weight of a brick of coir
#11136018 - 09/27/09 08:01 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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So I got this huge brick of coir. I have looked at bedabeast online and i can't seem to find out how much a brick weighs. Any one have an idea?
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: truskool]
#11136020 - 09/27/09 08:03 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Who cares what it weighs? We measure everything in volume.
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: Shroominit]
#11136026 - 09/27/09 08:05 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Shroominit said: Who cares what it weighs? We measure everything in volume.
I realize this but the fact of the matter is I have a 5kg block and to do the ccv tek it says use one brick per so many quarts of this and that. So that I can figure out how much to chop off my brick so that i can have a good estimate of how much to use.
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: Shroominit]
#11136034 - 09/27/09 08:06 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Shroominit said: Who cares what it weighs? We measure everything in volume.
Just like your other post about coir you said i use 1 brick to one quart to one quart etc.
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: truskool]
#11136053 - 09/27/09 08:11 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ah, good point I suppose. While I don't have a scale at my disposal right now, the block that I have is probably about 2.5" by 4" by 8" long and makes ~8 quarts. Those are just rough estimates of course.
Considering that the 5kg block will expand to make ~75qt you could use 1/10th of it. Assuming it's the standard 10"x10"x4" block, you could just cut off 1" from the face of it and have pretty close to 7.5qt which is basically a normal brick quantity.
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: Shroominit]
#11136059 - 09/27/09 08:13 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thank you. Thats a big help
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: truskool]
#11136070 - 09/27/09 08:16 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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A brick of coir is about 22 ounces. Flake that much off your big block with a short sturdy knife, and make a batch. You can calibrate from there.
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: Doc_T]
#11136109 - 09/27/09 08:25 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thanks doc.
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: truskool]
#11136123 - 09/27/09 08:32 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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I asked the same question last month:
How much does a coir brick weigh?
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How many sparrows would be required to carry a brick of coir across a football field?
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: anonjon]
#11136171 - 09/27/09 08:52 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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anonjon said: How many sparrows would be required to carry a brick of coir across a football field?
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: anonjon]
#11136252 - 09/27/09 09:21 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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anonjon said: How many sparrows would be required to carry a brick of coir across a football field?
An african sparrow or a european sparrow?
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Oh and btw, my math comes out to 8 bricks worth in your bale Truskool if the bale is 5kg and a brick is 22 ounces.
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Mastermind729 said: Oh and btw, my math comes out to 8 bricks worth in your bale Truskool if the bale is 5kg and a brick is 22 ounces.
I just guesstimated 5kg=11lb 11lb/1.5=7.33333 I was way off lol its early and im stoned but what else is new
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: truskool]
#11136325 - 09/27/09 09:42 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah, that's about right. 7-8 bricks worth or so. You'll have to see how it fluffs up, you can't compare just by weight.
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: Doc_T]
#11136397 - 09/27/09 09:58 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Doc_T said: Yeah, that's about right. 7-8 bricks worth or so. You'll have to see how it fluffs up, you can't compare just by weight.
Yea i know different densities. Just a good rough idea. Thanks again doc
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: truskool]
#11136418 - 09/27/09 10:03 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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where do u get ur Coir at?
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: DrFeelGreat]
#11136448 - 09/27/09 10:08 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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DrFeelGreat said: where do u get ur Coir at?
LMAO Petsmart or online. a product called bedabeast there are others but cont think of it right now
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: truskool]
#11136502 - 09/27/09 10:21 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: Weight of a brick of coir [Re: DrFeelGreat]
#11136587 - 09/27/09 10:44 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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