| Hi,
Pardon my ignorance. Is COIR the strands of fibre found in the husk of a coconut? Is there difference between 'husk' and 'COIR'?
I use chunks of coconut husk, including the skin which now I find to be leathery less and permeable to water. Last summer I found whole coconuts in a super market and bought 5 large ones. With the help of a colleague of mine I got those peeled and chopped into individual chunks of varying sizes. The hard shell was discarded. Since summer can be very hot here I dried them outside for about 4 weeks and put them in storage. Only 'leaching' that may have occured is by the rain we had. I have no idea what the salt content of the media is.
I started using it for every orchid I have bought ever since since.
Are there any species or group of orchids where I should not use the husk?
While searching for info on coir I also found they they use a method called retting which introduces bacteria into the husk. Are the commercially available coir obtained by another method?
Thank you  |