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media Can I replace Peat Moss with Coconut peat???
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Zonengorg said:
Sorry, I have no experience with coco peat, or more popularly called coco coir, but would assume very similar to peat moss and can be used interchangeably. Anyone?
Zonengorg said:
This is a question that should be in its own thread.
The answer is yes and no. Yes, you can use it instead of peat, but there are some things to know. If you use coconut coir, you don't need to use dolomitic lime to adjust PH. But you will need to pre-charge it with calcium. And you'll need to give it a little extra calcium more often.
Also, highly recommend that any mix you make with coco that is meant to be used like soil - amend it with 20% compost and 30% perlite. If you don't do that, then you will want to stick to liquid nutrients.
Coco coir doesn't compact like peat does, and it's re-useable for longer. Good stuff, if you can get it cheap. If you live somewhere that produces it, chances are, you have easier access to coco, than peat. Half of the world grows in coco as a growing medium, as opposed to peat, so you most certainly can use it.
I don't really have much in the way of useful links - I do apologize. Most of what I know about growing with coco, I learned about in general terms, and perfected through trial and error.
However, if you PM me, I'll share my method with you. It's something that you can do where you are at...
However, if you PM me, I'll share my method with you. It's something that you can do where you are at...
Zonengorg said:Wow I had no idea, thanks, it seems that I have to do a extensive research in the use of Coco coir and yes, where I live is something that is producedThanks for the info, oh and could you share any link about Coco coir usage, if you don't mind?
A brief search produced the following:
USU Comparison
Planet Natural Research Center
KIS Organics (A lot of links at bottom of article.)
SG-Gate
I want to thank you @The_NorthEast_ChileMan because I've learned a lot from those links plus other searches.
In short, if you are planning to use coco coir, you HAVE TO wash it thoroughly to get ride from the excess of Sodium and you MUST BUFFER IT with Calcium and Magnesium mostly because the coco coir is loaded with Potassium and what happens when you mix the coco coir without buffering is that it will take all the Calcium and Magnesium in the soil and LOCK IT away from the plant and in exchange it will proceed to release the Potassium which, in excess, could lead to several nutritional problems to the plant, mostly in Peppers that, as we all know, do LOVE the Calcium and Magnesium,here is a pic I found that represent what I've explained xD (replaced with the video explanation of a pro xD)
https://youtu.be/Nmt9EpiFm1s?t=1m40s
In short, if you are planning to use coco coir, you HAVE TO wash it thoroughly to get ride from the excess of Sodium and you MUST BUFFER IT with Calcium and Magnesium mostly because the coco coir is loaded with Potassium and what happens when you mix the coco coir without buffering is that it will take all the Calcium and Magnesium in the soil and LOCK IT away from the plant and in exchange it will proceed to release the Potassium which, in excess, could lead to several nutritional problems to the plant, mostly in Peppers that, as we all know, do LOVE the Calcium and Magnesium,
https://youtu.be/Nmt9EpiFm1s?t=1m40s
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