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OfflineXbachs
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Loose coir vs. Brick coir for bulk sub?
    #21252016 - 02/10/15 06:37 AM (9 years, 3 months ago)

Gentlement,

I want to make a bulk spawn sub, and I am thinking 10 parts coir, 1 part spent coffee, 1 part gypsum, 1 part lime. My question is, is loose coir as good as brick coir? We use loose coir in our mj garden because it is faster and easier to use.

Nobody mentions loose coir in their teks. Is loose coir OK to use?

Cheers.

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Re: Loose coir vs. Brick coir for bulk sub? [Re: Xbachs]
    #21252068 - 02/10/15 06:59 AM (9 years, 3 months ago)

SWIM used lose for his most recent garden after only ever using brick before. Shouldn't make any difference whatsoever.

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Re: Loose coir vs. Brick coir for bulk sub? [Re: TheScientificMethod]
    #21252219 - 02/10/15 07:47 AM (9 years, 3 months ago)

I bought a bag of loose coir a while back to use for outdoor beds.  I found it was more expensive than bricks and more of a hastle to pasteurize.  I saw no differences in actual growth patterns.

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Re: Loose coir vs. Brick coir for bulk sub? [Re: Helnak]
    #21252237 - 02/10/15 07:53 AM (9 years, 3 months ago)

loose coir is more expensive the bricked coir.With that said cubes will colonize basically any vegetable cellulose that you throw at them.

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Re: Loose coir vs. Brick coir for bulk sub? [Re: bw86]
    #21252297 - 02/10/15 08:12 AM (9 years, 3 months ago)

Bricks are pressurized under heat to get the brick to form. Kind of like a pre-treatment.

I'd imagine the bags are filled by a conveyor belt that picks it right up out of the big mound or something of the like.

If you're pasteurizing properly theres not much of a difference in what you get but if you're bucket tek'ing do bricks


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Re: Loose coir vs. Brick coir for bulk sub? [Re: Bugler Boy]
    #21252324 - 02/10/15 08:22 AM (9 years, 3 months ago)

The loose will work fine. Just a little harder to work with is all. I bought some loose when the pet store was sold out of bricks a while back. It is more stringy and woody. The brick stuff is chopped much finer and overall cleaner.

I would just pick out any large "stems" and any other crap you may find in the bag. Other than that, seems to work the same...:thumbup:


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Re: Loose coir vs. Brick coir for bulk sub? [Re: FreeWorldOrder]
    #21256679 - 02/11/15 12:08 AM (9 years, 3 months ago)

I think the loose coir is way easier to work with. Especially if you only need to prepare a small amount at a time. It's just the price difference that keeps me using bricks.


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Re: Loose coir vs. Brick coir for bulk sub? [Re: Kizzle]
    #21260051 - 02/11/15 06:18 PM (9 years, 3 months ago)

Thanks for all the great advice guys! Yea, loose is definitely a bit more expensive. Unfortunately the bricks are not readily available here like the loose stuff is.

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