Easiest way to fluff a coco brick? - Growing in Coco Coir - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums

tngreen · 03-18-2007, 04:58 AM

it is a pain tryin to break this apart. whats the trick?

03-18-2007, 05:17 AM

ummmm....LOL.....you're supposed to hydrate them with water. Didn't it have a label? should have said how much water to soak it in....softens right up and is pretty honking easy to handle after that.

thc43 · 03-18-2007, 05:51 AM

oh coco bricks..

Rinse the salt under a top with smll holes in a bucket once ec is below 2.0 or 1.0 ideally soak in PH 5.8 cal mag solution or canna soak buffer. then drain till nearly dry and fluff up by either passing through a sive or a mixing well in a bucket (add perlite now if you choose to).

the last block in used coco peat needed alot of flushing atleast 5 hours of running water to get ec below 3.0ec. Keep checking the run off if its really stuborn like i incountered id find a ready to use bag of coco bcuzz, hygen, growth tech, canna all have below 0.5ec from the bag.. simply saves alot of messing around..

brah · 03-18-2007, 06:35 PM

ive just been chisling pieces off and throwing them in some water, i dont really want to have 40 lbs of coco ready when i come back

est1977 · 03-18-2007, 06:37 PM

1 brick makes like 2 gallons of coco

brah · 03-18-2007, 06:40 PM

i must have gotten some bigger bricks, i have used half a brick and made roughly 2-3 gallons at least off the top of my head

Caligrown · 03-19-2007, 09:24 PM

You need to get a hot girl and hire her as a fluffer

gaiusmarius · 03-21-2007, 12:52 AM

if you have a high salt content, then use hot water to flush with, this will make it loosen the salts quicker, with less water. as long as your plants are not in there yet, lol.

as for prepping the brick of coco, didn't some one make a thread about that? shit i can't find it anymore. anyway the main thing is to add the water before you even think about breaking up the brick. add water with a ph of 5.9 and as low an ec as possible.

pico · 04-06-2007, 05:59 AM

I try to buy quality coco that doesn't need to be flushed. Although that isn't possible for everyone.

I throw the brick in a 15 gallon bucket. Fill with water and let soak. I usually will take a flathead screwdriver and shove it in to the coco on the side of the brick. then use the leverage to pull off a chunk. I chunk it up a little bit and then let the water do the rest of the work for me.

A local company now has washed flocked coco with perlite and mychorrizal in bags. I am testing that stuff out because it will make things a lot easier when I need about 20 bricks ready at once.

Ono Nadagin · 04-06-2007, 09:22 AM

lol ... I just got what Old Peculiar was laughin about..... too funny

03-18-2007, 05:17 AM	#2
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	ummmm....LOL.....you're supposed to hydrate them with water. Didn't it have a label? should have said how much water to soak it in....softens right up and is pretty honking easy to handle after that.
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03-18-2007, 05:51 AM	#3
thc43 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,137	oh coco bricks.. Rinse the salt under a top with smll holes in a bucket once ec is below 2.0 or 1.0 ideally soak in PH 5.8 cal mag solution or canna soak buffer. then drain till nearly dry and fluff up by either passing through a sive or a mixing well in a bucket (add perlite now if you choose to). the last block in used coco peat needed alot of flushing atleast 5 hours of running water to get ec below 3.0ec. Keep checking the run off if its really stuborn like i incountered id find a ready to use bag of coco bcuzz, hygen, growth tech, canna all have below 0.5ec from the bag.. simply saves alot of messing around..
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03-18-2007, 06:35 PM	#4
brah Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 173	ive just been chisling pieces off and throwing them in some water, i dont really want to have 40 lbs of coco ready when i come back
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03-18-2007, 06:37 PM	#5
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03-18-2007, 06:40 PM	#6
brah Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 173	i must have gotten some bigger bricks, i have used half a brick and made roughly 2-3 gallons at least off the top of my head
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03-21-2007, 12:52 AM	#8
gaiusmarius Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,619	if you have a high salt content, then use hot water to flush with, this will make it loosen the salts quicker, with less water. as long as your plants are not in there yet, lol. as for prepping the brick of coco, didn't some one make a thread about that? shit i can't find it anymore. anyway the main thing is to add the water before you even think about breaking up the brick. add water with a ph of 5.9 and as low an ec as possible. __________________ Making BubbleHash with Bubbleator Searching for SourPoison, AfghanDieselHaze and CheeseHaze keeper making canna butter
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04-06-2007, 05:59 AM	#9
pico Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,388	I try to buy quality coco that doesn't need to be flushed. Although that isn't possible for everyone. I throw the brick in a 15 gallon bucket. Fill with water and let soak. I usually will take a flathead screwdriver and shove it in to the coco on the side of the brick. then use the leverage to pull off a chunk. I chunk it up a little bit and then let the water do the rest of the work for me. A local company now has washed flocked coco with perlite and mychorrizal in bags. I am testing that stuff out because it will make things a lot easier when I need about 20 bricks ready at once. __________________ 6400w Polystyrene Dream Round 1 .. Round 2 2000w soil grow Finished 4000w soil growFinished 2400w hydroton ebb flowFinished 4000w Coco/Perlite bedsFinished 2400w Coco/Perlite top dripFinished DIY Waterproof Floor DIY PVC SCROG Trellis DIY PVC Dripper Manifold Aircooled Reflector Reviews "Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less materials you need." –Charles F. Kettering
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