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Coconut coir saved my raised beds after years of skepticism
Honestly, I thought coconut coir was just overpriced dirt for years. But after my clay soil turned into cement last summer in Austin, I mixed in a 3-block brick and my zucchini grew like crazy. Anyone else had good luck switching from peat moss?
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sean_torres7113d ago
lmao the "overpriced dirt" thing is exactly what I thought too until I actually tried it. My soil in San Antonio was basically concrete after a dry summer and the coir turned it into something you could actually dig a hole in. I went with the compressed bricks too and hydrated them in a wheelbarrow first before mixing in. The thing that sold me was how it holds water way better than peat moss without getting all soggy and nasty. Peat moss always dried out on me within a day in the heat and turned into dust while the coir stays damp for almost three days even in 100 degree weather. Plus it doesn't compact down to nothing after a season like peat does so my zucchini roots had room to actually spread out.
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milessmith13d agoProlific Poster
Did you rinse the salt out of the bricks first or just go for it?
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reeseperez13d agoTop Commenter
Salt is water soluble, a good rinse just speeds things up.
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