COCO&COIR 650g (9L) | ORGANIC | COCONUT FIBRE | 100% NATURAL | REPTILE FRIENDLY | GROWING MEDIA | PLANTING COCO SOIL | COCONUT COIR BRICKS
In a world that seems to lose a little bit of it’s light every day, we decided to sprinkle beauty, in our own little way. Coco & Coir has, at its very core, a longing to create a better, safer, and greener world.
COCO&COIR COCONUT COIR BRICKS
- NATURAL – 100% Natural Coco Peat brick increases the porosity of the potting mix which helps to keep the soil loose and airy helping in better root growth. Better root growth results in better plant growth and higher yield.
- EASY TO USE – Just put your compressed Coco Peat brick in a container, add warm water and let it sit until the water is absorbed, fluff it up and you are ready to use Coco Peat. It’s as EASY as that
- INCREASED PLANT LIFE SPAN – The presence of organic compounds in Coco Peat can results strong root growth. In addition it offers some natural resistance to plant diseases, so the plant live span will be long.
- MULTI-USE – High water and nutrition holding capacity develops strong and healthy root system, good air porosity, perfect growing medium for plants which is used in Horticulture, Floriculture environments and in green house plantation
- REPTILE / WORM BEDDING – Natural Coco Peat makes a great bedding material for worm bins & Reptiles and it actually increases worm growth
| Dimensions: | 4.8 x 9.8 x 20 cm; 610 Grams |
| Model: | 650g |
| Manufacture: | Southern Trident LTD |
My hamster loves digging in this stuff. It makes quite a lot so personally i cut it into quarters and just soak a quarter at a time. It expands a lot once you add the water but it dries fairly quickly too.
This stuff is good but if you’re using it for reptiles and you want it to be quite dry then do not listen to the instructions. It said to use 3L of water but that made it soaking wet and would of been too damp for a snake. Luckily I bought 2 and only used half a litre and even then it was still a bit damp.
Great, easy to use compost, but for the price, I did expect more soil. You’d get double at the garden centre for the price you pay on here! Oh well, filled a few pots when I needed it, and was easy to make – just add hot water and wait before breaking up/mixing with trowel.
I’ve recently started using this because I want to move onto hydroponic systems and it’s great. It provides a well oxygenated medium, holds water well and supports growth. Coir has very little to no nutrients though so you need to provide them yourself, that’s not specific to this exact product it’s all coirs, so get some sort of feed to use with it. This is fairly cheap and even though it comes in a compressed block that looks quite small, it grows to a massive volume. Good value at the price.
I got the bigger pack of this ages ago, and it was really great quality soil. But it was difficult to break off chunks to use for indoor plant repotting, so I opted for the smaller pack! Much easier, same great quality and a good price (although the bigger pack is better vfm)
My plants like it, and I tend to mix it with perlite+orchid bark.
I would recommend this product.
I have never used Coconut fibre before, but I wanted to re-energise my old used compost and used this, its very easy to use, put the bar in a bucket and I added 4 litres of hot water, then it swells up and I mixed it and then added this and some other stuff to the old compost. Would use again.
I use this for my tarantulas they love it can keep it drier for my red knees or moist for my avics I and they love this stuff but it was twice the price of my local pet shop but they haven’t restocked on coco and they don’t know when but it does the job and as they need a clean up so be it I don’t mind spending more to keep them happy and clean.
I have used coir for compost before and have found it to be an easy way to get compost, particularly if you live in a flat or have no car to go to the garden centre. I had hoped to be able to slice a bit off to use as needed, but I found it very hard to cut even with my sharpest knife. I ended up breaking some off to use and the remainder is in a bag until I need to use it.
It’s easy to use, all you have to do is add water to it and allow it to soak it up. I initially followed the instructions on the back, however, quickly realised it wasn’t enough so I added more (it’ll dry up eventually). You get a lot per packet. I added just perlite to mine which helped it drain. I’d say 40/50 of my houseplants liked this mix. As a beginner enthusiast, I prefer cococoir to others as it’s not as expensive as others and dries out a lot quicker.
I have noticed over the winter, a lot of my plants have dried out noticeably quicker than in the summer so, I’m planning on changing my soil mix next year and adding in some sphagnum moss and houseplant soil. I think the moss will help retain some water as I’m currently having to water 2x a week for some. The houseplant soil will add some needed nutrients that’s missing from the cococoir, as I’ve had to supplement this using liquid food more than recommended. However, I still will use the cococoir as a base for the mix. I’m still learning so, a lot of mixing is an experiment to see which plant likes which.
Came in a day which is awesome. For the amount you get its a great price. Comes in a brick form which you then put in some water to make it loosen and expand. Easily expands to 3x the size, filled up a regular bucket to over 3/4!
If you are using it for hamsters/rodents as a permanent thing in their cage (I.e. not as a removable digging box) you must dry it out or it may cause mold and you don’t want your hamster getting wet either. Ive read it can set fire in the oven so I didn’t want to risk it. I also didn’t want to dry it outside as I didn’t want bugs getting in it. I’ve been putting some on a flat surface and putting it on the window sill turning it every now and again. I won’t lie it takes a while but I put some in my little peanuts cage yesterday and she loves it! She spent the best part of an hour sniffing at it and digging in the corner I hid a few meal worms in it and she loved digging them out.
Once some more has dried out I’ll try it with my other hamster but she’s a real digger so I’m sure she’ll love it too! The rest will be dried out and stored in a zip lock bag for future use and I’m convinced it’ll last me at least a year maybe more, and that’s with roughly 30cm x 10cm of their cages being this.
I would add that if you’re drying it out put in a small amount of water at a time when making it up so you don’t soak it more than it has to be – it’ll make drying a little quicker.
Very happy with my purchase. Would recommend for any animal that it’s safe for!