Nokumana said:

Okay ladies and gents, I'm ready to go to bulk!  I think I'll be sending at least (my first) two jars tonight.

I prepped some coir last night (H2O = 4.25 x the coco bliss brick weight), boiled and soaked overnight (see the HHG for deets). This morning the coir was too dry. Like I could not, with all my strength, squeeze a drop out. I added 500cc of RO H2O , capped the bucket, gave it a shake, and left for work.

The question: What do all you geniuses feel is the best practice for hydrating coir up to field capacity when the initial water calc comes up short?  Should it be hot, cold, does it matter?  Etc. Please discuss....

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B Traven said:

I do the exact opposite: one massive pour of boiling water straight from the stove. Immediately seal the lid of the bucket and put in the cooler. Let the steaming and recondensing water do all the mixing work for me.

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Yes, that's what I did last night   Poured the water, sealed it up in my PC, and left it until morning.  But in this case, like our friend above, in the morning I had under-hydrated coir for whatever reason.

At least - as Beef says in his video - it's easy to add more water, but much harder work to remove excess water.  Stirring felt like the right thing to do when I was just topping it up.

BeefExtreme said:

been thinkin for years i want a cider press to make perfect coir every time.  just throw 5x water weight in, then press it to preference.

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BeefExtreme said:

been thinkin for years i want a cider press to make perfect coir every time.  just throw 5x water weight in, then press it to preference.

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DV8DUG said:

On the subject of coir. I have noticed that each brand has its own water ratio to bring them to capacity or near capacity.

I have found out by trail and error at least 2 brands.

ECO-Earth  --> 375
Legigo  --> 250

Whatever the ratio I do the math like this.

Put a '.00' in front of the ratio and multiply by grams of dry coir. The result will be your water in liters.

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