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OfflineOPB
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Maybe we should only use horticultural coir
    #21931309 - 07/11/15 11:08 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

This may be nothing but I found this on Wikipedia.

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Because coir is high in sodium and potassium, it is treated before use as a growth medium for plants or fungi by soaking in a calcium buffering solution; most coir sold for growing purposes is pre-treated.




This would suggest that the coir intended for terrariums may not be treated in this way. From a business standpoint it wouldn't make sense to do this step for non horticultural or fungi coir.

What do you guys think?


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Re: Maybe we should only use horticultural coir [Re: OPB]
    #21931361 - 07/11/15 11:21 PM (8 years, 6 months ago)

You want the stuff buffered with calcium nitrate so that the sodium levels dont impair the uptake of calcium or magnesium from the substrate.

Sodium competes with many other cations in the process of osmosis.

Mushrooms love calcium and can handle some available nitrates.

They might buffer the stuff for terrariums too, amphibians are very sensitive to salinity.


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Re: Maybe we should only use horticultural coir [Re: Toadstool5]
    #21931632 - 07/12/15 12:25 AM (8 years, 6 months ago)

I've had success using regular dried compressed coir bricks.  No reason to change IMO.


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Re: Maybe we should only use horticultural coir [Re: ShroominMe]
    #21931641 - 07/12/15 12:28 AM (8 years, 6 months ago)

It's not that it wont work it's that it might not work as well or asomething often. The terrarium kind may also be treated as Toadstool suggested. It just seems like something that's certainly worth looking into.


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Re: Maybe we should only use horticultural coir [Re: OPB]
    #21931694 - 07/12/15 12:46 AM (8 years, 6 months ago)

Quote:

OPB said:
What do you guys think?



You were asking for opinions and I gave you my opinion. :cheers:


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Re: Maybe we should only use horticultural coir [Re: ShroominMe]
    #21931886 - 07/12/15 02:08 AM (8 years, 6 months ago)

I almost always use coir bricks from Exo-terra. I used to use Eco Earth.

I have great success wit it, check out the logs in my journal. All done with coir bricks.


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