Coco Coir for Plants 1-Pack – 2.6 Cu. Ft. Compressed Coconut Coir Bricks, 10 lb. Organic, Low EC, pH Balanced Coco Peat for Indoor & Outdoor Gardening, Potting Soil, Indoor Plant Soil

I bought Envelor Coco Coir Chips Orchid Potting Mix for my greenhouse plants (about 200). I use it alone and/or mixed with sphagnum, pearlite chunks, and/or Hydroton Expanded Clay Pebbles. This media allows free air access to roots, is lightweight (a bonus if you ship), and very resistant to decomposition. Some things I particularly like about this product:- Economy vs. other media. The 10lb block expanded to fill 3/4 of a tall kitchen garbage bag.- It is easy to wet. Some orchid media is so dry that it is hard to get to begin retaining moisture.- The chips are sized well. I use it for Cattleya, Dendrobium, Phalaenopis and many exotics.- Mix in some sphagnum to improve water retention for phalaenopsis and other that like more moisture.- Mix in some expanded clay pellets to speed drying for orchids that C. walkeriana and others that hate wet feet.Negatives- I was unable to break up the 10lb block. Before you start have a plan to dry out the expanded result.

Delivery was fast! The size and texture are perfect! Thank you!

Coco coir is an excellent component to replace peat in a high-quality growing medium. I combined this product after re-constituting with perlite and worm castings to re-pot seven medium (9" pot) to large (18" pot) plants today, and still have a couple bricks left for future projects. The dense, strong brick is essentially indestructible in shipping and all (two 3-pk in a box) arrived with no damage. Reconstituting in water takes only a few minutes, and the product is then ready to integrate into a soil mix at proportions you deem appropriate for your plants.I wasn't exactly certain how much the product would expand, and it achieves at least a 2:1 expansion ratio and once reconstituted, performs like high-quality peat with no sharps. Reconstituting bricks set flat in an open-top tote tub worked best, so two bricks wouldn't wedge and distort a 1-gal bucket. I also like that this is essentially a waste product finding an excellent use, rather than our boreal forests and heathlands being torn up for peat harvests.Mixing with this product is extremely easy, and the soil mix I produced was simple to handle, fluffy and nutrient-dense with the desired permeability characteristics. This product's performance as the fiber component is excellent. I'm quite pleased with this product and will happily order more when I run out.

great product and great price. i have tried others and this is best i have found.

I use the big blocks for my vegetable garden, as they are superb in mulching and then working into my clay soil. Does not fly away with the wind. I've tried different brands, and this one, in all six blocks, has more than a bit of shredded plastic and baling twine of the plastic kind. I love the product, but will move on to another brand.

Easy to use. Looks great as mulch.

It works great!

Good material. Not what I expected. You must use warm water or it will not spread as seen in commercials.