Re: Coco fiber (was Worm Castings)

From: Lester Kallus lkallus at earthlink.net> on 2000.10.22 at 15:05:16(5589) One very good reason for my bothering... I can't find a local source for composted bark and it's so heavy that it will cost a fortune to ship. If anyone knows of a Long Island source or if anyone is driving from Orchid country to Long Island and is willing to bring some, please let me know :-) Otherwise, I'm stuck either paying a fortune for composted bark or else finding some alternative. Les +More At 10:35 PM 10/21/00 -0500, you wrote: >Faster or slower, my experience with a commercial mix with a percentage of >coir was that I could not adjust my watering enough to keep things alive. A >very, very strong "no" vote from me on the material unless your growing is >very well controlled, but why bother whn composted bark has all the good >things going for it as a component of a mix. >----- Original Message ----- >From: >To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L" >Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 9:08 PM >Subject: Coco fiber (was Worm Castings) > > > > In a message dated 10/20/2000 11:26:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > > lkallus@earthlink.net writes: > > > > > A while ago there was a discussion about coco fiber. I understood the > > > general opinion to be that it broke down so rapidly that it was not a >great > > > material to use in potting mixes. > > > > > i think it's the opposite, les. coco fiber breaks down much slower than >peat > > or orchid mixes (bark etc.). > > > > tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA > > http://www.egroups.com/group/orchidspecies > > > > > > > >

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