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nyrfan · March 17, 2018

I bought a brick of coconut coir yesterday &, per the instructions, soaked it in 4.5 quarts of water.

However, that amount of liquid was excessive & I ended-up having to drain the expanded coir & combine it with dry Jiffy Mix + perlite, to make an immediately usable media.

I would recommend using only 3 to 3 1/4 quarts of water.

March 17, 2018	#12
nyrfan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: NJ Posts: 123	I bought a brick of coconut coir yesterday &, per the instructions, soaked it in 4.5 quarts of water. However, that amount of liquid was excessive & I ended-up having to drain the expanded coir & combine it with dry Jiffy Mix + perlite, to make an immediately usable media. I would recommend using only 3 to 3 1/4 quarts of water.