Whats your Favorite, and least favorite coco coir "brand" and WHY

[Mikell]

100% Canna no aeration.

I've tried their bricks but they're a hassle and I didn't like the texture.

 

[CannaRed]

I use Salamander Soil by Fox Farm. It's coir, perilite, guano, and ewc.
I love it.
I wanna try a bucket of straight coir to compare

 

[Greenlife1]

The cyco pearls bag is good. Has some perlite.
I like cloud coir. It's 50/50 if I remember right.
Gets watered 2-3 times a day.

 

[sturgeongeneral]

I'm running nothing but canna coco from the bricks in 1 gallon pots multifeed 3x a day and so far it's been good. Feeding till runoff every 4 hours.

 

[GodspeedGrows]

cyco: quality for the price point RHP cert

 

[its.always.420]

Another vote for bagged Canna. Add perlite if you choose.

 

[AbeFroman]

COCO King has been the best stuff I have used in my opinion.

 

[Rab.C]

i like Dna Mill's coco with added CORK. very light coco and works for me...

 

[xxPeacePipexx]

Bales of Roots and Botanicare are the two I'm committed to.

 

[hush]

I use Cyco. I get the one with perlite in it. It's cheap and it's high quality.

 

[SnakePlissken]

Bagged canna for 18 a sack.....plus some perlite.
Ready to rock.

 

[Medfinder]

Worst? Cheap 5 dollars brick Chinese that won't pH even when stacked for 2 weeks in vinegar.

Best? Bagged botanicaire from a previous grow found in the dumpster behind hydostore...shake out all the roots... Check pH and add perlite.

 

[Pumpkin]

I have tried a whole lot of coco. I think brand barely matters. Flush it real good and the cheap stuff in bricks is fine. There are greater improvements to be made elsewhere in your grow. Adding perlite, going for a more chunky or spending more money does not add a great deal in yeild or quality from my experience. Others my disagree. If you are not growing in an ultra small container, it's a variable I personally would not stress too much about. There are a lot of more interesting things to worry about. I feel it is more a matter of preference than performance. Could be totally wrong also

 

[SnakePlissken]

A favorite coco link. Frickin awesome info on coco.

https://medteknutrients.com.au/hydroponic-coir-substrate-science/

 

[FunkBomb]

Canna coco. High quality, very consistent, plants go crazy in it.

-Funk

 

[Blu3Kush]

I like Botanicare Cocogro Coir didn't even need to rinse it when I used it for my hempy bucket

 

[Lyfespan]

block coco from HD is the best i have used, and best one for reuse too

dried block coco= no bugs

 

[Rab.C]

i am using dna mills coco with added cork

 

[OakyJoe]

i used loooooots of UGro

 

[J-Icky]

block coco from HD is the best i have used, and best one for reuse too

dried block coco= no bugs

That’s actually not true. Bricks of coco can harbor dormant fungus gnats and I’m sure other pests. I had a brick that whenever I would break some off and use it I would get an outbreak of fungus gnats within a week of hydrating it. Couldn’t figure out where they were coming from until I stumbled upon a thread that discussed this very issue. So I did what the person did and hydrated some and left it sealed in a bucket for about a week. When I popped the lid off there were a handful that flew out the second I opened it and another 20-30 crawling around inside the bucket.

But the good thing about bricks of coco is that you control how they get hydrated and what they get charged with. So now I hydrate with boiling water and leaving it sit until it cools and then refill with boiling water and let sit again. Then I flush until it’s to my liking and then charge how I like to so I know exactly what I’m starting with.
I guess you could do the same with bagged coco but it just seems a waste since your paying more for not having to go through the hassle of hydrating and charging.