why- the whole brick

[Guest guest]

Why do you need to rehydrate the entire brick? Will you be using all of it now?

Use a saw or knife to cut it into sections. Put a portion into a dish pan and

some water. It is ready when it is moist, but not dripping. Make more when you

need it.

> To: sproutpeople

> From: carolyn.wilkerson@...

> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:58:50 -0700

> Subject: Re: Re: Q about storing coir

>

> What do you have big enough to rehydrate that in? You have to buy a new trash

can, one like you use outside to do that. I thought of the cans at Lowe's but

they are only 5 gallons. Might have to have 3 of them and somehow cut up the

coir into thirds. Could use the bins afterwards to create planters with water

in the bottom and a PVC tube down the side to water it. There was a tutorial on

line. Someone said she gets the 5 gallon containers from bakeries where they

have flour in them. That would really be nice. I think the lids were important

as it was the divider between the potting soil or growing medium and the water

in the bottom.

>

>

> Carolyn Wilkerson

>

>

>

>

>

> To: sproutpeople

> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 3:17 PM

> Subject: Re: Re: Q about storing coir

>

>

>

> I have a brick or should I call it a block of coir that takes 9 gallons of

water it weighs 14 pounds. I don't dare to hydrate it as long as I have smaller

bricks.

> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/290365/coirblock.JPG There is a regular size brick on

the top of my mega block.

> Lee

>

>

>

> > 9 GALLONS OF WATER????

> >

> > That must be SOME brick.

> >

> > Melody

> >

> >

> > >

> > > No, but keep in covered to keep out in flies or other insects that might

want to check it out. I use a five gallon old pickle bucket that I picked behind

a restaurant.

> > > Nine gallons is a lot of water. What is the size of the brick?

> > > Maybe you might want to cut it in half and only do 1/2 at a time.

> > > ew

>

>