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tahoe
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Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR
#16795032 - 09/05/12 08:35 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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I found this big ass brick of coir at home depot last year and I think I posted something here. Just wanted to show you guys again. Its been a year and you guys are probably already using it

http://www.amazon.com/Planters-Pride-RZP3041-11-Pound-Beats/dp/B004HLSL7W
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JostVanDyke
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: tahoe]
#16795954 - 09/05/12 10:51 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'm assuming this isn't from a hydroponic store with trichoderma already added to it? If not this would be great.
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: JostVanDyke]
#16795987 - 09/05/12 10:57 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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They don't add trich. They add endo and ecto microrizal bacteria which aid plants in breaking down nutes. Trich is trich and it's bad for plants as for fungus. Trick add 1/8 cup h2o2 to damions coir tek no worries  BC
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: JostVanDyke]
#16795992 - 09/05/12 10:57 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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I use hydo coir and it works fine if you pasteurize properly
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shamanamba
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: JostVanDyke]
#16796048 - 09/05/12 11:06 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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I use hydo coir and it works fine if you pasteurize properly
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: Maharishi_2_U]
#16796439 - 09/06/12 12:19 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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boredcertified said: Trich is trich and it's bad for plants as for fungus. BC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichoderma#Biocontrol_agent
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Several strains of Trichoderma have been developed as biocontrol agents against fungal diseases of plants.[3] The various mechanisms include antibiosis, parasitism, inducing host-plant resistance, and competition. Most biocontrol agents are from the species T. harzianum, T. viride and T. hamatum. The biocontrol agent generally grows in its natural habitat on the root surface, and so affects root disease in particular, but can also be effective against foliar diseases.
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: Inocuole]
#16796790 - 09/06/12 03:13 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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Here's another option. ZooMed - 3 brick's(650g each, 4.35lbs) for $4.84.

Edit - How much is it? That link isn't working for me..
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Edited by x CiVil x (09/06/12 03:21 AM)
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: x CiVil x]
#16796815 - 09/06/12 03:31 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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my local pet store orders however much i like. just stocked up on 10 3 packs from them
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JoeMama1992
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: twistedty]
#16799983 - 09/06/12 05:24 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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x Civil x said: Here's another option. ZooMed - 3 brick's(650g each, 4.35lbs) for $4.84.
Have you ever ordered from them? That price is great, but the store has some iffy reviews around the web. I tried to PM you, but you only accept encrypted PMs.
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: JoeMama1992]
#16800451 - 09/06/12 06:37 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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I said I don't accept them. Or that's what I mean't. xD
I haven't ordered from them yet. But plan to very soon.
lnt is a widely known store where I'm from. I'm going to make a order from them in the future.
Here's another site that has coir for almost the same price. But you haft to spend $75 to get free shipping.
-------------------- “Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” Bruce Lee
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tahoe
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: x CiVil x]
#16800949 - 09/06/12 07:41 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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ITs around ten bucks for the brick I posted. ITs a way better deal than the stuff at pet stores, etc. That brink of beat peat is at least 1 cubic foot of coir in brick form. Its huge. You would need many 5 gallon buckets to use all of it at one time.
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Teh=The
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applesmasher420
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: tahoe]
#16801271 - 09/06/12 08:17 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thanks!
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sgfcchamber
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: applesmasher420]
#16802210 - 09/06/12 10:20 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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I buy coir in the eleven pound brick form (like the brick Tahoe linked to in the OP), it's by far the least expensive option for buying coir I've found.
An eleven pound brick of coir expands to roughly 2.5 cubic feet or 74 quarts, after you add 9 gallons of water (give or take). Now, if you do the math, since a "regular" brick of coir expands to 8 quarts, and there are roughly 74 quarts of coir in the eleven pound bricks, that means that each eleven pound brick is the equivalent of roughly 9.25 "regular size" bricks of coir.
Take the least expensive option below (which is the $15.95 brick after including shipping costs), and it is the equivalent of paying $1.76 for a "regular size" brick of coir ($15.95 divided by the 74 quarts of coir you get = $0.22 a quart multiplied by 8 = $1.76 per 8 quarts which is what you get in a "regular" size compressed brick of coir at the pet store).
11 pound brick of coir for $10.35 - http://www.growannex.com/growing-mediums/pro-coir-bale-11-lb 11 pound brick of coir for $12.95 - http://stores.homestead.com/GreenPathGardenSupply2/-strse-165/Procoir--Coir-Fiber/Detail.bok 11 pound brick of coir for $15.95 - http://www.amazon.com/Compressed-Fiber-Growing-Medium-Block/dp/B003MOD2HY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346651337&sr=8-1&keywords=11lb+coir 11 pound brick of coir for $20.55 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004D441ZO/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
Those last two links have free shipping.
If you REALLY want some serious bulk coir, check out these guys: http://www.environmentalgreenproducts.com/store/coco-peat-coco-coir-coco-husk-fiber-pr-16340.html
Just $6.50 per 11 pound brick, but shipping costs are kind of high. However, they say right on their site that they offer wholesale pricing, and you just need to call them to ask them what it is.
I'm only posting all of this because I just recently posted pretty much the exact same thing on another thread for a member who had an...interesting..predicament (needs 3,200 quarts of coir for cheap). You can check that out here if you want to see a couple more links: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/16778767/fpart/1/vc/1
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shamanamba
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: sgfcchamber]
#16802355 - 09/06/12 10:43 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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This is what I use.

Even has tek in the name 
The hydroponics store I go to doesn't carry the small bricks anymore though.
All carry now are these.
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: Maharishi_2_U]
#16803230 - 09/07/12 03:53 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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boredcertified said: They don't add trich. They add endo and ecto microrizal bacteria which aid plants in breaking down nutes. Trich is trich and it's bad for plants as for fungus. Trick add 1/8 cup h2o2 to damions coir tek no worries  BC
this statement is just full of bad info..
some coir is treated w/trich and h2o2 is useless if you have the right coir to begin with. 
on another note, Tahoe! havent seen you around since you were schooling noobs about what part of a flame is the hottest.
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Maharishi_2_U
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: 13shrooms]
#16804264 - 09/07/12 10:50 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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I respectfully disagree 13shrooms. I've used coir with endos and ectos for plant and fungal purpose for years... If I see the genetically modified trich I add H2o2. Source wiki as well as OSU ag dept.
 Have a good one. Funny how everyone believes everythingthey read here or hear from RRs mouf. No worries just making sure facts are. Known I am not here to argue. It is worthless on this site lol. B C
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: Maharishi_2_U]
#16804290 - 09/07/12 10:54 AM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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boredcertified said: I respectfully disagree 13shrooms. I've used coir with endos and ectos for plant and fungal purpose for years... If I see the genetically modified trich I add H2o2. Source wiki as well as OSU ag dept.
 Have a good one. Funny how everyone believes everythingthey read here or hear from RRs mouf. No worries just making sure facts are. Known I am not here to argue. It is worthless on this site lol. B C
you misread my statement or something, I said it was useless IF you had the right coir to begin with, I did not say it doesnt work on coir W/trich.
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: 13shrooms]
#16813677 - 09/08/12 09:10 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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13shrooms said:
this statement is just full of bad info..
on another note, Tahoe! havent seen you around since you were schooling noobs about what part of a flame is the hottest.

Oh yes, the good ole days of schoolin noobs. There will be more to come. I just have to take it easy on them. They are a crying bunch of little p@$$#%@. The mods get overwhelming messages saying that I am a dick. Too funny. I will be back for a few months. I have realized over the past year that I miss growing mushrooms. Side note, I still question coir and its availability to cubes. I do see huge great yield increases but I am still not convinced that it is not from the excess of water storage the coir provides. Its worth using but I think i would rather use a horse shit or compost instead of coir. Now that is something the cubes love to eat.
-------------------- Stop experimenting half way through your first grow. Grow it to maturity, watch it, learn from it. Do this a few times then experiment with different ideas and figure out what works best for you.
My Legacy
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/22140987#22140987
Teh=The
I need to proofread
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: tahoe]
#16814133 - 09/08/12 10:15 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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coir is just ez peezy bulk for any level of grower 
agreed on manure but some dont have access to it.
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Re: Found this little goodie a year ago. Bulk COIR [Re: tahoe]
#16817323 - 09/09/12 01:21 PM (12 years, 4 months ago) |
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tahoe said: I still question coir and its availability to cubes. I do see huge great yield increases but I am still not convinced that it is not from the excess of water storage the coir provides. Its worth using but I think i would rather use a horse shit or compost instead of coir. Now that is something the cubes love to eat.
i admit ive yet to try another bulk substrate, non the less, im in love with coir <3




this cluster came out to 27.4 grams dry! all the above photos are of a MS orissa india grow on coir <3
Edited by applesmasher420 (09/09/12 02:33 PM)
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