Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

[Guest guest]

I prefer Lowe's as it seems less confusing to me than Home Depot.  I don't know

if they have coir bricks though.  I would imagine so.  Might just go in next

couple of days to check it out.  Walmarts may have it too.

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:27 PM

Subject: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

 

LOL. I practically live at Home Depot! I am building a small cottage behind my

house...Home Depot is my friend!

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> Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

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> lol

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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

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> Melody

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[Guest guest]

Lowes usually carries the coir liners, but not the bricks. Some of their liners

are synthetic coir though, so you will want to check the labels. The only coir

liners I have seen at Walmart were the synthetic ones.

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> > Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

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> > lol

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> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

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> > Melody

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[Guest guest]

A few weeks ago when I went to Lowes they did not carry Coir and no one knew

what I was talking about.

lol

Melody

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> > Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

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> > lol

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> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

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[Guest guest]

What is a coir liner?  Is it just a little pad that lines a flat tray?  There

was a brick of coir (a small one) insdie an  amaryllis plant I bought there. 

Would the coir liners be less messy?  The bricks have to be wet, don't they? 

And then when really wet put in the varius pots or whatever.  Laying down a

liner sounds easier to do, but likely more expensive.

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:38 PM

Subject: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

 

Lowes usually carries the coir liners, but not the bricks. Some of their liners

are synthetic coir though, so you will want to check the labels. The only coir

liners I have seen at Walmart were the synthetic ones.

> >

> > Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

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> > lol

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> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

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> > Melody

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[Guest guest]

i have been to every garden store in my area & nobody carries coir! And most

don't know what I am talking about.  I have been to Lowes, Home Depot,

Sutherlands, Archie's, and Calloways  I guess I'll be ordering online..

 

Patti 

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To: sproutpeople

Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:42 PM

Subject: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

 

A few weeks ago when I went to Lowes they did not carry Coir and no one knew

what I was talking about.

lol

Melody

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> > Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

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> > lol

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> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

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[Guest guest]

I wonder if you asked for " this coconut stuff that you plant stuff in " if they

would know what it is.

 

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: " sproutpeople " <sproutpeople >

Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:59 PM

Subject: Re: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

 

i have been to every garden store in my area & nobody carries coir! And most

don't know what I am talking about.  I have been to Lowes, Home Depot,

Sutherlands, Archie's, and Calloways  I guess I'll be ordering online..

 

Patti 

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To: sproutpeople

Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:42 PM

Subject: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

 

A few weeks ago when I went to Lowes they did not carry Coir and no one knew

what I was talking about.

lol

Melody

> >

> > Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

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> > lol

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> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

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[Guest guest]

Carolyn.

First, ty.

And secondly, check out my Baby Blanket Growing Medium photo album. You might

be pleasantly surprised....

NannSea

> > >

> > > Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

> > >

> > > lol

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> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

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[Guest guest]

yep done that... they point me to the liner, I say noo no no it come in brick

form & you can break it up.  I did find some in a bag already loose but it had

miracle gro in it. 

 

Patti 

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To: " sproutpeople " <sproutpeople >

Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:12 PM

Subject: Re: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

 

I wonder if you asked for " this coconut stuff that you plant stuff in " if they

would know what it is.

 

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: " sproutpeople " <sproutpeople >

Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:59 PM

Subject: Re: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

 

i have been to every garden store in my area & nobody carries coir! And most

don't know what I am talking about.  I have been to Lowes, Home Depot,

Sutherlands, Archie's, and Calloways  I guess I'll be ordering online..

 

Patti 

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To: sproutpeople

Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:42 PM

Subject: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

 

A few weeks ago when I went to Lowes they did not carry Coir and no one knew

what I was talking about.

lol

Melody

> >

> > Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

> >

> > lol

> >

> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

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> > Melody

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[Guest guest]

The liners are meant to go in those wrought iron pots...they look like this:

http://www.collectionsetc.com/Product/3-tiered-iron-plant-stand-with-coir-plante\

r-trays.aspx

You can find the liners without the planters, cut those and use them as a

growing medium.

Sent from my iPad

On Mar 22, 2012, at 8:49 PM, Carolyn Wilkerson

wrote:

> What is a coir liner? Is it just a little pad that lines a flat tray? There

was a brick of coir (a small one) insdie an amaryllis plant I bought there.

Would the coir liners be less messy? The bricks have to be wet, don't they?

And then when really wet put in the varius pots or whatever. Laying down a

liner sounds easier to do, but likely more expensive.

>

> Carolyn Wilkerson

>

>

>

>

> To: sproutpeople

> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:38 PM

> Subject: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

>

>

> Lowes usually carries the coir liners, but not the bricks. Some of their

liners are synthetic coir though, so you will want to check the labels. The only

coir liners I have seen at Walmart were the synthetic ones.

>

>

>

>

> > >

> > > Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

> > >

> > > lol

> > >

> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

> > >

> > > Melody

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[Guest guest]

Can you give me the link to it?

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:20 PM

Subject: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

 

Carolyn.

First, ty.

And secondly, check out my Baby Blanket Growing Medium photo album. You might be

pleasantly surprised....

NannSea

> > >

> > > Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

> > >

> > > lol

> > >

> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

> > >

> > > Melody

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[Guest guest]

I have seen those that go in wrought iron pots. I thought it was some kind of

moss.  Didn't know that was a type of coir.

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: " sproutpeople " <sproutpeople >

Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:31 PM

Subject: Re: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

 

The liners are meant to go in those wrought iron pots...they look like this:

http://www.collectionsetc.com/Product/3-tiered-iron-plant-stand-with-coir-plante\

r-trays.aspx

You can find the liners without the planters, cut those and use them as a

growing medium.

Sent from my iPad

On Mar 22, 2012, at 8:49 PM, Carolyn Wilkerson

wrote:

> What is a coir liner? Is it just a little pad that lines a flat tray? There

was a brick of coir (a small one) insdie an amaryllis plant I bought there.

Would the coir liners be less messy? The bricks have to be wet, don't they? And

then when really wet put in the varius pots or whatever. Laying down a liner

sounds easier to do, but likely more expensive.

>

> Carolyn Wilkerson

>

>

>

>

> To: sproutpeople

> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:38 PM

> Subject: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

>

>

> Lowes usually carries the coir liners, but not the bricks. Some of their

liners are synthetic coir though, so you will want to check the labels. The only

coir liners I have seen at Walmart were the synthetic ones.

>

>

>

>

> > >

> > > Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

> > >

> > > lol

> > >

> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

> > >

> > > Melody

> > >

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[Guest guest]

Carolyn:

I did exactly that and they said " What do you mean you plant in coconuts??? "

lol

And today was very funny. As I was walking around the HUMONGOUS Home Depot,

trying to find Aisle 51, I asked a guy wearing an orange vest (all the workers

there wear orange vests), I asked him " Where is the Coconut Coir? " He looked at

me and said " The coconut WHAT?? " I explained what coir was and he just looked at

me. I just stood there and said 'Point me to the potting soil, it will be

there " . He said " Oh you want the nursery, over there and he points towards the

right.

So I go walking and they had all the seeds and potting soil mixes, and as you

can see in the video I made, they had 5 bricks of coir. I took them all. They

had other burpee growing kits. I would imagine they were little things of coir

that were inserted in little trays and you can grow 12 plants in those things.

So I picked up the coir bricks and as I went onto another aisle and was looking

at the Rubbermaid reveal, the guy who I had asked came over to me and asked me

the following:

" Mind if I ask you a question about the coconut thing you just got? "

I said " Sure "

He said " what do you mean you grow stuff in coconut fiber " I said " In my

kitchen I have shelves and I have trays and I don't use soil, I use these

bricks " . He said " how the h can you grow stuff using these bricks of coconuts? "

I said 'you re-hydrate with water and it turns into 8 quarts "

He looked at me and said " IT DOES??? " Holy Cow!!

I burst out laughing because I'm educating a guy who works at Home Depot.

Now if that isn't the funniest thing!!!

And he was VERY impressed.

lol, Melody

> > >

> > > Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

> > >

> > > lol

> > >

> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

> > >

> > > Melody

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU TOO

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: " sproutpeople " <sproutpeople >

Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:31 PM

Subject: Re: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

 

The liners are meant to go in those wrought iron pots...they look like this:

http://www.collectionsetc.com/Product/3-tiered-iron-plant-stand-with-coir-plante\

r-trays.aspx

You can find the liners without the planters, cut those and use them as a

growing medium.

Sent from my iPad

On Mar 22, 2012, at 8:49 PM, Carolyn Wilkerson

wrote:

> What is a coir liner? Is it just a little pad that lines a flat tray? There

was a brick of coir (a small one) insdie an amaryllis plant I bought there.

Would the coir liners be less messy? The bricks have to be wet, don't they? And

then when really wet put in the varius pots or whatever. Laying down a liner

sounds easier to do, but likely more expensive.

>

> Carolyn Wilkerson

>

>

>

>

> To: sproutpeople

> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:38 PM

> Subject: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

>

>

> Lowes usually carries the coir liners, but not the bricks. Some of their

liners are synthetic coir though, so you will want to check the labels. The only

coir liners I have seen at Walmart were the synthetic ones.

>

>

>

>

> > >

> > > Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

> > >

> > > lol

> > >

> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

> > >

> > > Melody

> > >

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[Guest guest]

and there is tencel too...sounds pretty interesting

http://sproutpeople.org/supply/mediums/stg.html

http://www.sprouthouse.com/Sure_To_Grow_Rolls_p/stgroll.htm

Jane

[Guest guest]

i like the coconut coir educational experience , thanks for sharing

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To: sproutpeople

Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 12:08 AM

Subject: Re: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

 

I imagine that you could be educating a lot of people. At least this guy was

curious enough to ask.

ew

Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

Carolyn:

I did exactly that and they said " What do you mean you plant in coconuts??? "

lol

And today was very funny. As I was walking around the HUMONGOUS Home Depot,

trying to find Aisle 51, I asked a guy wearing an orange vest (all the workers

there wear orange vests), I asked him " Where is the Coconut Coir? " He looked at

me and said " The coconut WHAT?? " I explained what coir was and he just looked at

me. I just stood there and said 'Point me to the potting soil, it will be

there " . He said " Oh you want the nursery, over there and he points towards the

right.

So I go walking and they had all the seeds and potting soil mixes, and as you

can see in the video I made, they had 5 bricks of coir. I took them all. They

had other burpee growing kits. I would imagine they were little things of coir

that were inserted in little trays and you can grow 12 plants in those things.

So I picked up the coir bricks and as I went onto another aisle and was looking

at the Rubbermaid reveal, the guy who I had asked came over to me and asked me

the following:

" Mind if I ask you a question about the coconut thing you just got? "

I said " Sure "

He said " what do you mean you grow stuff in coconut fiber " I said " In my kitchen

I have shelves and I have trays and I don't use soil, I use these bricks " . He

said " how the h can you grow stuff using these bricks of coconuts? " I said 'you

re-hydrate with water and it turns into 8 quarts "

He looked at me and said " IT DOES??? " Holy Cow!!

I burst out laughing because I'm educating a guy who works at Home Depot.

Now if that isn't the funniest thing!!!

And he was VERY impressed.

lol, Melody

> > >

> > > Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

> > >

> > > lol

> > >

> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

> > >

> > > Melody

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I meet the nicest people (except the ones who say " too much work " .

But the others, (not that I'm expecting any of them to go out and buy sprouting

supplies), but the fact that (and this happened this morning), I was coming home

from breakfast and I always pass Dunkin Donuts and one of my friends is usually

sitting there having coffee. She waves me in and says " How are your pea shoots,

I love hearing about this " .

So I sit down and regale her with stores of how the darn things don't stop

shooting up.

She was hysterical. I always give her a bag of sprouts, some sunnies and now

I'll give her some pea shoots. She's 75, looks 55 and doesn't cook at all. But

she loves hearing about it.

lol

Melody

> > > >

> > > > Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

> > > >

> > > > lol

> > > >

> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

> > > >

> > > > Melody

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[Guest guest]

I just googled " Buy coconut coir online " and a whole bunch of stuff came up.

Here's one link.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=Buy+coco+coir+online & hl=en & prmd=imvns & b\

av=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb & biw=568 & bih=349 & um=1 & ie=UTF-8 & tbm=shop & cid=518\

9169996386615336 & sa=X & ei=JH5sT6CbMIn00gHCqIj0Bg & ved=0CHQQ8wIwAA

Melody

>

>

> If you find a good place to order online, please share.

>

>

>

>

>

> > To: sproutpeople

> > From: patti720@...

> > Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:59:00 -0700

> > Subject: Re: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

> >

> > i have been to every garden store in my area & nobody carries coir! And most

don't know what I am talking about. I have been to Lowes, Home Depot,

Sutherlands, Archie's, and Calloways I guess I'll be ordering online..

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Patti

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi :

Well, if this is a habit, God bless me, because it's the best habit I ever had.

Now a question about Flax seeds. I have a bag of organic flax. I know it's

muscilaginous (like the Chia seeds).

EW said I can grow mung beans like I do the sunnies (in the Coir). Can I do this

with the Flax?? Ever tried this?

Thanks much

Melody

> > >

> > > and there is tencel too...sounds pretty interesting

> > > http://sproutpeople.org/supply/mediums/stg.html

> > >

> > > http://www.sprouthouse.com/Sure_To_Grow_Rolls_p/stgroll.htm

> > >

> > > Jane

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[Guest guest]

Someone posted this link before but you have to purchase a case of 24 bricks.

The price looks good, http://www.hydroponics.net/i/211000 .

Lee

> If you find a good place to order online, please share.

>

>

>

> > To: sproutpeople

> > From: patti720@...

> > Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:59:00 -0700

> > Subject: Re: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

> >

> > i have been to every garden store in my area & nobody carries coir! And most

don't know what I am talking about. I have been to Lowes, Home Depot,

Sutherlands, Archie's, and Calloways I guess I'll be ordering online..

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Patti

[Guest guest]

Never heard of anybod doing flax as a microo green, but you could be the first.

What will it hurt to try?

ew

Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

Hi :

Well, if this is a habit, God bless me, because it's the best habit I ever had.

Now a question about Flax seeds. I have a bag of organic flax. I know it's

muscilaginous (like the Chia seeds).

EW said I can grow mung beans like I do the sunnies (in the Coir). Can I do

this with the Flax?? Ever tried this?

Thanks much

Melody

>

[Guest guest]

I have done flax micro-greens. They work fine. There is info on them at the

sproutpeople.org site. Lucy

>

> Hi :

>

> Well, if this is a habit, God bless me, because it's the best habit I ever

had.

>

> Now a question about Flax seeds. I have a bag of organic flax. I know it's

muscilaginous (like the Chia seeds).

>

> EW said I can grow mung beans like I do the sunnies (in the Coir). Can I do

this with the Flax?? Ever tried this?

>

> Thanks much

>

> Melody

>

> ---

>

[Guest guest]

I have a neighbor who is in her late 80's and she doesn't cook much at all. 

She figures she is retired.  Problem is that her male friend who lives next

door to me doesn't really cook much either.  They go out and split the check

and sometimes buys food together and share lunch or snacks, etc.  She is not

getting around as much now as she fell and broke her neck but thankfully is

alive and is walking around okay.  She does have to wear a neck brace which is

driving her crazy.  She got an okay to take it off to wash or shower.  It has

been about 7 weeks and she couldn't so this is a relief.  She can't get the

neck brace wet.  I can't quite imagine her doing just sprouts.  She likes her

morning donuts and coffee as well though sometimes I think she just does

brunch.  If I ate donut, I'd think of that as dessert and I'd want something

else.

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 9:42 AM

Subject: Re: Went to Home Depot and got my Coir

 

I meet the nicest people (except the ones who say " too much work " .

But the others, (not that I'm expecting any of them to go out and buy sprouting

supplies), but the fact that (and this happened this morning), I was coming home

from breakfast and I always pass Dunkin Donuts and one of my friends is usually

sitting there having coffee. She waves me in and says " How are your pea shoots,

I love hearing about this " .

So I sit down and regale her with stores of how the darn things don't stop

shooting up.

She was hysterical. I always give her a bag of sprouts, some sunnies and now

I'll give her some pea shoots. She's 75, looks 55 and doesn't cook at all. But

she loves hearing about it.

lol

Melody

> > > >

> > > > Of course I MADE A VIDEO.

> > > >

> > > > lol

> > > >

> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZxowRiKUk

> > > >

> > > > Melody

> > > >

> > >

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