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OfflineTheReckoning
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Chunks of fibers and other crap in my coco coir
    #26529043 - 03/11/20 12:01 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

I bought 4 bricks of coir. A single and a 3 pack, same brand. The single was nice and consistent. The first brick I used out of the 3 pack had a plastic strand of god knows what, and has clumps of fibers here and there that I found after mixing with the bucket tek. I kind of just ripped them out as best as I could, but man, what a crappy brick of coir. Anyone else have this problem with eco earth?


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Re: Chunks of fibers and other crap in my coco coir [Re: TheReckoning]
    #26529047 - 03/11/20 12:04 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Occasionally, the plastic bits arnt that bad, most of the time you can get them with your hands. The biggest issue I have had with eco earth is some bricks have sand in them, they don't hold moisture as well.


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Re: Chunks of fibers and other crap in my coco coir [Re: MH5109]
    #26529051 - 03/11/20 12:07 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

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Occasionally, the plastic bits arnt that bad, most of the time you can get them with your hands. The biggest issue I have had with eco earth is some bricks have sand in them, they don't hold moisture as well.




I mixed with gloves on because I hate how it peels back my cuticle after mixing and also it's hot as hell, so I didn't notice any sand/grittiness if there was any. Overall everything looked like it normally does exist this one brick. The strand of plastic was like 6 inches long, not even sure it was plastic, more like a synthetic fiber or something. Weird. The second brick also didn't hydrate very nicely near the spots that had fiber clumps, hopefully it hydrates up over the 2-4 hour sit.


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Re: Chunks of fibers and other crap in my coco coir [Re: TheReckoning]
    #26529054 - 03/11/20 12:11 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Use a spoon to mix it up.  Break up the clumps an hour or two in.


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Re: Chunks of fibers and other crap in my coco coir [Re: TheReckoning]
    #26529055 - 03/11/20 12:12 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Hair, bits of cardboard and plastic are all things i've found in eco earth blocks.


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Re: Chunks of fibers and other crap in my coco coir [Re: MadMyc]
    #26529059 - 03/11/20 12:16 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

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Use a spoon to mix it up.  Break up the clumps an hour or two in.




Oh I man handled those clumps, they are completely broken up now. I just hope they hydrate properly and aren't cause for concern.

I'm going back to Zilla next time, if they still make them :rockon:


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