Coconut Coir Potting Mix Recipe - Coco Coir, Compost, Perlite or Vermiculite
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- Опубліковано 12 гру 2014
- A great potting mix using coco coir, perlite or vermiculite and compost. We prepare this easy potting mix or soil with rain water. Coco coir is an easy to use and neutral pH potting medium. Buy coco coir here: amzn.to/16ino3a
Coconut coir or coco coir is a great alternative potting mix medium for preparing potting for peat moss. Although coco coir and peat moss are interchangeable, coconut coir is a more sustainable alternative to peat moss. Sustainability is the #1 reason to use coco coir over peat moss - Навчання та стиль
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Can I use soil instead of compost
Actually where can I get compost
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can I just use a partial brick or set aside unused coco coir for later use?
@@sydneyfranke yes, probably best if you don’t add a lot of water to start with because it will need to dry before you store it. Also,the dried, compressed coco coir is usually a block made sections. I use it for my earthworm bedding and I either separate the “slabs” that make up the block. You can also put some water on the block, taking off the coco coir as the outside of the block absorbs water. N.
To picture how the coir sections, think of it as a three layer cake, a square cake. If you put it on one of its two large square sides, you can see the three sections that compose the coir block. If you use a very slim tool, a putty knife or a couple of old butter knives, you can pry the sections apart. It is probably easier to let water soak in from the bottom of the “three layer cake.” As the coco coir becomes damp you can rub sections off, preserving the dry or mostly dry section to use later. I set the mostly dry part of the block in the sun and make sure it has dried before you put it away.
1:02 “Let the Brrrrick absorb all the water” 😂
Thanks for the info, this video helped a ton.
Glad it helped!
I have to let everyone here know. I started growing microgreens this year for market. I helped my 9yr old to do his science fair project to find which growing medium would work best... we used peat, cocoa coir, compost, and an equal parts al 3 mix. The coco choir was by far the best with both raddish and green peas.
Good to know! Thank you for sharing!
How is the microgreens business going so far, where's you demographic located if you don't mind me asking
Use it for my cannabis and they love it.
I add pearlite, local worm castings, and Gais greens dry amendments.
Dam an here I am teaching my 9 yr old an my 6 yr old how to cultivate canibus
I picked up a leaf of a snake plant from the parking lot of a nursery 5 years ago. I planted in pure coir and it's doing great. It's now a cluster of snake plant.
always amazes me how each time I watch your videos on gardening I learn something new. Thank you
I use this mix for nearly everything I have planted. All are growing perfectly!!
I bought a packet today from Aldi, so glad I watched this, well I was looking for a video and found this, thanks
Great video. I added some Worm castings to the mix & Jobe's Organic Vegetable & Tomato slow release fertilizer. The Chili peppers love it.
I like you because I've learned a lot of things about gardening. Thanks!
This video was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
I like your accent and love the way you say "brick" and "potassium".
I dig the funk. Also, the way you say "brick" is awesome.
Never heard of using this stuff for my seed starting planting Have to try it better than lugging 40 lb bags of Top Soil I guess etc Thanks for sharing great info etc.
Hi! Here in Germany I prepare coco coir with water to which I add liquid fertilizer (organic of course).
My potting mix is this: compost, worm castings, coco coir + granular clay instead of perlite for drainage and aeration. This mix works fine for heavy feeders like tropical hibiscus, roses, oleander, citrus plants.
Hey how much fertilizer are you using? Just the recommended mix with water?
This was extremely enjoyable and helpful to me!!! Thank you
I used about half and half of Coconut Coir and an organic manure plus compost. At least I did for a decent amount of my buckets and pots. In some cases I mixed in other things, but I can't remember. This is my first year taking gardening seriously, though I failed to record what I did in each container. All I can say for sure is that it is all organic based, no Miracle Gro.
At the end of the season I'm probably going to recycle my potting soils by mixing them all together, add a mushroom compost and more Coconut coir. I'll call it my Square One initiative.
Also I love the rrrr sound.
I know you posted this some time ago, but I just had to add in my 'Thank You' for your video. Your recipe is simple, efficient, and just an all around good general base for planting! Plus - you taught me something about Spinach sprouts, - I didn't realize you could segregate and bare root plant them so easily. Thank you - two for the price of punching a couple of keys!
Thanks! Glad you liked the video! Happy Gardening!!
Amazing also how I've got spinach seedlings handy!!
@@easypeasy2991 mmmm
My brother just used these on my
Vegetable plants, will see how good
this will be for my plants!🤞🏼🤞🏼
Thank you for you explanation. It was simple and useful.
Thank you. This was useful information and I am going to try it for potting, especially seed
Thank you for this very informative video! So helpful!
Amazing video compiled on the utilization of coconut choir for natural remediation
Coir has become one of the most favoured ingredient in all potting soil and substrate mixes due to its unique properties and plays an important role in reducing and replacing peat in the mixes...
Thank you for an episode on soil mixes...we use this same coir mix in our raised beds with much moisture retention success (the vermiculite/biochar option tends not to float like perlite ;-). We are getting great looking eggplants now with this mix...and by watching your profile series!
CM Nakagawa Thank you and glad to know you are getting great looking eggplants. Our eggplants are still growing in the cold of December :) I just put some black plastic bag cover to retail more heat, which is helping a lot. I too like vermiculite since Perlite does float and doesnt look pretty on small seedlings/plants. However not much difference once the plants grow up! The aeration properties of coconut coir and perlite/vermiculite is quite amazing!
I'm using tis in my raised wicking beds it's brilliant thanks a lot
Brrrrrrrrrrrrick. Love the accent and the video!
i love the way you roll your R's bro so satisfying
Coconut coir contains more than just potassium, it's also full of sodium (salt). It's important to not only soak the coconut coir, but also to rinse it thoroughly to remove the salts as well as the dusty coco peat that soaks up moisture and doesn't allow proper drainage. Another important factor is properly buffering the coconut coir with calcium and magnesium.
There are cation exchange sites in coco that will interfere with nutrition until they are buffered. The cation exchange sites in coco naturally come loaded with sodium (Na) and potassium (K) cations. However, the Na and the K are only weakly held to the exchange sites. In the presence of calcium (Ca) or magnesium (Mg), the sites will release their Na or K cations and lock onto the Ca or Mg. These processes are known as “cation exchanges”.
Also, vermiculite and perlite aren't the same thing. Vermiculite holds on to moisture like a sponge, perlite just creates air pockets and improves drainage. I had to learn that one the hard way.
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Hi Jeremy, could you please advice on how much Ca and Mg you need for a 5 kg block like the one used in this video, and how long it should soak.
Yep you should wash and charge it. You can actually see a difference in the medium once done. It's less dusty, it's fluffier, and it isn't hydrophobic like untreated brick coco can be. And you're asking for PH problems otherwise
I always learn so much from your videos! This is a great idea. So interesting. Thank you for sharing!! I love how you whip up some mix to plant your seedlings. Can't wait to see how they do!
***** Thank you! I am doing several comparisons this year with growing medium - coconut coir mix, sand/perlite/compost mix etc. Its fun to see which techniques are better than the other. Happy Gardening!!
One thing that I do, is add the liquid fertilizer to the water that expands the coir block. That way it is in the coir as you mix your potting mix.
Is coconut coir and perlite okay? Or do I need to add something too
Does that mean that you can then plant your vegetable in there without having to add compost or things like that
Daniel Herrera coco and perlite work fine
Does coco come with insects in it?
@@NorthernCatt sure but there's no organic material. Best to add some worn castings or compost as well. Also look up washing and charging coco. If you're getting it in brick form it's a must IMO. You'll see a big difference in results
Thank you for sharing ...God bless !!!
Awesome vid interesting knowledge I've subbed thank you.... Keep up the good work
Nicely done video! Thank you! I subscribed!
Thank you so much for useful information, God Bless You :)
I like the wagon shure looks like right tool for that job
Thanks for sharing..I try to follow your ideas😍
Thank you so much for the mix
Thank you for sharing this nice video.
I love your rolling R's
Just the advice I needed.
thank you for getting to the point
I have the perlite and coconut coir but I need help getting the compost, what do you recommend me getting
Thank you for the detailed information, how can this ve used, can we use only cocopeat to grow or can add compost and cocoa peat for indoor plants
One thing that is nice about coir is that if it gets dried out, it absorbs water rapidly, Dry peat repels water. This is important when growing xerophytic plants like cacti and succulents. When watering such plants grown in peat, the water runs across the top of the soil, down the sides and out the drainage holes leaving the bulk of the soil ball bone dry.
Another point: don't use either vermiculite or perlite. Use both perlite and vermiculite. Mix them about half and half. These are two different products and each adds qualities that enhance the other to the benefit of your plants.
Vermiculate does the same benefits as perlite?
To add to this and be more specific.... Perlite is good for aeration + drainage and vermiculite holds water really well but also when watering with liquid fertiliser, vermiculite will hold onto those nutrients leaving them available for the plant to take in for a longer time.
Each plant is different so double check what it likes first. Some, like Emmit said, thrive in a 50/50 mix. Some like 2/3 of one and 1/3 of the other. Some like only one or the other. It also depends on what you're growing in; the garden, a container, a pot, indoors etc.
Also, vermiculite contains silica which is good for many plants including cannabis. I use Dr. Bugbees mix of Peat moss/vermiculite/perlite with a little lime and gypsum. It does drain slowly when dry. @@anunohmouse7460
Excellent video!
Hello, this mix is great for seedlings as seed compost in England has no fertilizers, apparently seeds grow better with little nutrients and then when potting on you use a compost with fertilizer. thank you your video as very informative x
+Andrea Farrell (rowanessque) The compost/worm castings is enough nutrients for the seeds to germinate. When they become a little tall you can start using a liquid fertilizer. Hope that helps!
I like everything you covered. Information, demo, presentation, explanation in Shuddh desi English. Except for the words “water” with the “rolling R” and “Potting” with “drumming D”
lovin the commentating👍
i love oll ur vdeos as dey make me a bettr gardener day by day ☺
If you add boiling water it will expand much faster plus make sure it really is sterilized.
+Gustavo Ribeiro de Mello Thanks for sharing this tip!
You sterilized with hot water treatmeny
I have gotten a in house plant compost that came packaged like this it said to add 3L which i did and it was a bit hotter than lukewarm however the soil is extremely wet! 😭 will this dry out after a while?!!
Gloria O no sorry it will remain wet forevermore
Thank for this video brother...
Making this now. I love the coco coir! I used it in my seed blocking mix and it was phenomenal. I had green sand in the block mix. Is that something you would try in potting mix?
What size is the brick you started with? Wonderful lesson. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the best info.
+Marietta Brennan Thanks, glad you liked it :)
Thanks for the practical information. Just need.to know why fertilizer is to be added when compost is already added with the potting mix
thank you for sharing!!!
Would this mix be ok if i was making a closed terrarium? Very good video and easy to follow. Thanks
Thanks for sharing... I like it. I subscribed
Thank you about your video. Have you good day.
Nice, this is easy to follow and simple to do. Also, thank you for the tip about peat being a finite resource vs coconut coir being renewable. I do want to use more renewable resources.
Peat is being grown in Canada within 5 years so it won’t run out ever
coco coir is not eco friendly because it takes vast amounts of fresh water to remove the salts in the coir. They almost never do a good job of this so you must finish rinsing out the salts at home. 3 gallons of coir takes about 10-15 gallons of clean water to rinse it good. And that is after the harvesters rinsed it. I use peat moss and vermiculite and a little perlite.
Does the coir have the same hydrophobic property we see in peat moss?
That stuff is really nice. I subbed your channel and will be following your garden as I tend to my gardens and greenhouse!
Chuck
Fensterfarm Greenhouse Thank you! Glad you liked it. I too subbed your channel because I always like to learn more about green houses and how they are maintained and your channel seems to have some awesome info. Happy Gardening!!
Excellent edit! Is there a video outlining how to mix the liquid nutrients? I have purchased Cocos A & B by a company called Home Garden and would like to know how to mix them correctly. Thank you!
Great info thanks
A nice video !! Before big bagging do not you dry it ??
If you wish may skip my questions
I just ordered everything on this list. But one question. I have worm castings already. Do I just use that as my fertilizer? I also have access to fish emulsion. Will those do as a fertilizer?
thank you so much..... so nice of u guys. ..
+Sandeep Sachdeva Glad you liked it. Best wishes!
I am looking to use this for succulents. What’s your opinion?
good info thanks for the video man appreciate it
Dan Hahn Thank you, nice to know you liked the information!
how shuld i use the cococoir small pots..i bought them online frm amazon..so plzz help me out ..im from india..shuld i dip it in water before using or how ??
Can I mix it into my Top Soil and use some Organic Manure also.?
Do the vermeculite last indefinitely or does it break down over time?
can I use my bagged coir (ph is balanced) but can I mix it with my foxfarm soil? and when I germ how long should I leave the seedlings in the coco?
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If I'm adding Dr Earth Premium Gold All Purpose Fertilizer to the Coir, compost and vermiculite. What should the percentages be for each ingredient with this combination? THanks!
I have lots of coconuts how do they grind it up where do I get the machine please
Thanks for excellent presentation on making growing media with coconut coir and organic material. It is available because it is a forest product. The benefits of coconut coir is found in the following sectors:
- Nursery seedlings management.
- Rooftop gardening
- Greenhouse & polly house cultivation.
- Commercial seed research farm.
Coco coir is used for water retention and perlite is usen to make high draning soil. So using both at the same time will not be contradictory?
Hi, could you mix in blood, fish and bones to fertilize the mix instead of rock dust?
For people who don't have perlite or vermiculite ,use coarse sand it can provide the needed aeration and drainage.
Perlite is a lot lighter right and allows more oxygen storage. Not sure on price comparisons but probably cheaper too
James Evans perlite is far more expensive than sand for the same volume. About $4 more expensive
Pumice works too
@John Evans
Rice hulls are even better than perlite. Lighter, more oxygen, hydrophobic, don't take up space for roots unlike perlite/hydroton.
Pumice and rice hulls
Can you please tell me were I can find coconut coconut coir in Malta
Hi. If I store the wet coco peat, will it produce molds on it? If yes, how can I prevent that? Thank you.
Can you use this mix for a raised flower bed?
Hello, I used your method of making potting mix. I think it is perfect. The only problem I am having is after watering it if I check it with moisture meter, it shows me very low water content. Would that be okay? Have you tried checking moisture content after watering?? Please advise..
Do you let it dry out before using it? Can I use worm castings instead of compost? And if I use worm castings do I need the Azomite?
will Coco peat b suitable for chrysanthemum as they like soft soil?
I wasn't sure what to get, so I just filled 2 new small raised beds with an ' organic plus raised bed & potting mix' Kellog bag that I bought from Lowe's. It's ingredients: aged recycled forest products, coir, perlite, dehydr.nchicken manure, composteed chicken manure, peat moss, kelp meal, worm castings, bat guano. It looks really dark, fluffy with flecks of perlite & smells humusy. Sure hope the asparagus crowns & onions grow!
+ekeanor roberts Its a good mix. I have covered this exact raised bed mix in my video on how to start a raised bed garden: ua-cam.com/video/-tY5g7Dm2yk/v-deo.html
I just got into planting and I make soil with coco coir, pumice, and worm castings. And then fertilize with liquid fish and chelated iron. Is this good?
Is this also good for monsteras and/or philodendrons?
I am a beginner in gardening so have few doubts. Should the potting mix be different for germinating seeds n growing plants? What would be best to grow carrots, ginger n lemons?
thank you!!
Do you dry it out after breaking it up
Thanks for sharing
Do you have to rinse the coir to eliminate salt? Coconuts grow near oceans and absorb a lot of salt. Thank you for your answer.
I LOVE THE WAY YOU ROOOOLLLLLL YOUR R's!!!!!!!!!
Gloria Lucia Storm
and the W as V.
nothing wrong with an Aussie accent This guy sound like one of my son in laws I don't why people have to bring up accents you all have one.
Thats not an Aussie accent its Indian
lol it's an indian accent
I like the way he says coconut coir.....you need not scream gloria g-l-o-r-i-a
Can this mix be used for palm tree seedlings? Like Adonidia etc
i planted my seeds of flower in sand ...bt nt even a single grew ..plzz tell me t corrct way to start a seedling ...i hv sand ,comost,cococoir pot..plzz help me out ..😢
Good information tq
what happens if I planted only with cocopete.. I dint mix any thing with cocopete.
I use something similar but I let the fertiliser compost in the mixture for some months.
Thank you