how exactly do you water coco fiber??

Ganjaman27

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im gonna use coco coir fiber in 2 gallon pots how EXACTLY do i go about watering them when they need watering?
 

Boneman

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Water it like you do any other plant in containers. You will just have to do it much more often because the coco fiber doesnt hold water.
 

Mammath

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im gonna use coco coir fiber in 2 gallon pots how EXACTLY do i go about watering them when they need watering?
If it's the really fine shit it can actually retain a lot of water if you don't water with plenty of 'run off'.
If you just keep giving it a little trickle, with no run off, the fine coco-coir will turn into a soggy mud like substance. This can happen if you have a small plant in a large pot and the plant doesn't have the root structure to soak all the water up.
If your using the fine shit start your little ones in quite small pots and water with lots of run off when they need it.
Is the shit your going to use the really fine stuff?
If so, I recommend adding some perlite to it otherwise you can quite easily end up turning it into mud if you don't water it right.
Plants do grow big and fast in coco-coir though. ;-)
 
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