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Nature's Footprint 5kg Coir Block Coir Block, 5kg

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Nature's coconut coir is a 100-percent natural by-product of harvesting coconut. Coir consists of the coarse fibers extracted from the husk on the outer shell of a coconut. Because of its superior water holding capacity, excellent air space and drainage, coir is a useful soil amendment for potted plants, containers and gardens. Coir is a sustainable alternative to peat moss, it does not produce the same environmental damage caused by peat mining and grows quickly for harvest. In addition, coir is easier to hydrate and lasts longer in soil than peat moss. Coir’s neutral pH of 5.8-6.0 allows it to efficiently release nutrients to plant roots and reduces the need to use dolomite lime in the garden. How to use Nature's coconut coir when used in sandy soils, coir helps to keep nutrients and moisture close to plant roots instead of washing away. When used in clay soils, coir helps to break up hard-packed earth and move nutrients and moisture through the soil. By adding one part coir to two parts soil or potting mix containing compost, you can make a perfect growing medium for potted plants or an outdoor garden or raised bed. Coir comes compressed into bricks, which makes for easy, convenient storage. Add water and soak your brick for at least 1-hour before using it. A fully-hydrated brick can hold eight to ten times its volume in water. The final volume of the expanded coir depends on the amount of water used to constitute it. By maintaining a consistent level of moisture and air and by being naturally disease and weed free, coir creates a perfect environment for starting seeds and cuttings and can be used as a seed-starting medium. Improve your soil structure and water-holding capacity with 100-percent natural coconut coir today.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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Customers like the quality, value, and hydroponics of the product. They mention that it works well, is easy to use, and a great buy. They are also satisfied with ease of use, expansion, and drainage. However, some customers find the durability hard to break apart and annoying to work with. Opinions are mixed on drainage, and size.

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64 customers mention64 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the quality of the coconut coir. They mention that it works well as a seed starting medium, and is easy to work with. Some say that it needs to be soaked up and sifted carefully before use.

"...This coir is highly fibrous, expands well, and really holds up over time. I haven't found a cheaper supplier...." Read more

"I used these to start my seedlings, and they all did great. It is easy to reconstitute and easier to handle than peat moss...." Read more

"...Great product, seems a bit expensive though." Read more

"...This stuff is fantastic. Use it for whatever you use peat moss for. Coir is a sustainable, environmentally friendly product." Read more

34 customers mention30 positive4 negative

Customers like the value of the pet food. They say it's a good product at a great price, and a wonderful buy.

"...You get a lot from the brick for a good price." Read more

"We use this for our Nature's Head composting toilet. It is economical compared to other brands...." Read more

"...This product is good, but the Kempf 5kg is significantly cheaper and is essentially identical." Read more

"...It does a great job! It works like a miracle! No odor! Easy to use! Easy to dispose! Great product!" Read more

23 customers mention16 positive7 negative

Customers are mixed about the drainage of the pet food. Some mention that it has good water retention, while others say it does not absorb liquid waste.

"...I had no problems with soil fungus or damping off, yet the water retention is good...." Read more

"...I use it in my worm bin and it does a great job holding extra moisture when I feed them foods that are too watery and conversely holds plenty of..." Read more

"Small dehydrated, very difficult to cut smaller pieces to rehydrate. I tried a manual saw as well as an electric knife. No luck...." Read more

"...It absorbs fluid like crazy and smells nice and earthy.I was unprepared, however, at just how hard this brick is...." Read more

11 customers mention11 positive0 negative

Customers find the coir great for hydroponics, container gardening, and indoor growth. They also say it's excellent for growing certain mushrooms. Customers also say the big bricks are fantastic for big projects.

"...These big bricks are fantastic for big projects. It does take longer for the big brick to fluff up, but it's great stuff once it's fluffed...." Read more

"...I recommend it as a best medium for container gardening." Read more

"Coir is great stuff for the garden / potting transplants, but found out the hard way this product is way overpriced...." Read more

"Excellent to use for growing certain mushrooms...." Read more

10 customers mention10 positive0 negative

Customers find the pet food easy to use. They mention it's simple, easy to unbox, and handle. Some say the product is ready to use in under an hour and is easier to handle than peat moss.

"...It is easy to reconstitute and easier to handle than peat moss...." Read more

"This product is exactly as shown in the picture. Very easy to follow the instructions.Its lot of product compressed into one single block...." Read more

"...It is really nice, clean, easy to work with, and expanded amount actually was exactly what the description said it would be." Read more

"I have used coir for a long time now. This block was the easiest I have ever reconstituted...." Read more

10 customers mention10 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the expansion of the pet food. They mention that the brick expands to much more product than they expected, it expands quickly, and it's easy to expand the coir block in a wheelbarrow by just adding water. They also appreciate the quality of the product, saying that it swirls up nicely and becomes soft.

"...This coir is highly fibrous, expands well, and really holds up over time. I haven't found a cheaper supplier...." Read more

"...It was easy to expand the coir block in a wheelbarrow by just adding water. And boy did it expand...." Read more

"...It is really nice, clean, easy to work with, and expanded amount actually was exactly what the description said it would be." Read more

"...THE PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED BRAND WAS OF MUCH BETTER QUALITY: IT SWELLED UP NICELY AND BECAME SOFT AND THERE WAS GREATER VOLUME...." Read more

9 customers mention6 positive3 negative

Customers are mixed about the size of the pet food. Some mention it's very compact, but easy to use, and large size. They say it weighs much less than peat when dehydrated and much lighter than moist coco bags. However, other customers say it'd be very heavy to remove if it was not tightly compacted.

"...much lighter than moist coco bags...." Read more

"...It's comes so tightly compacted that not even a screwdriver jammed in the side like a knife will penetrate." Read more

"...Weighs much less than Peat when dehydrated. Re-hydrates nicely. Good stuff!" Read more

"Quick shipping, great value, large size. I got two bricks, put them in a tub with water overnight, next day nice and expanded, ready for the garden...." Read more

13 customers mention3 positive10 negative

Customers find the pet food hard to break apart. They say it needs serious human effort to tear and crumble. Some customers also mention that the product stays chunky even after it has soaked a day.

"...I was unprepared, however, at just how hard this brick is...." Read more

"...It is extremely hard to break apart. I ended up hydrating the entire block according to the instructions in a brand new garbage can with a lid...." Read more

"...Just a word of caution: It's very difficult to break off pieces - in the event one does not want to reconstitute the entire block at one time...." Read more

"...It holds great moisture and does not break down quickly...so can be used it the garden after the mushroom crop has been harvested..." Read more

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John Turcow
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Price, Great Coir
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2012
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I ordered these for mixing with manure for the garden. About 75 pounds of cow manure (patties from a friend's farm), a brick of this coir, and water to fill a 35 gallon plastic garbage can = perfect. This coir is highly fibrous, expands well, and really holds up over time. I haven't found a cheaper supplier. Oh, I do have a worm farm and this is also great to mix in with the veggie scraps before feeding.
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Carol E.
5.0 out of 5 stars Inexpensive seed starting mix
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2013
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I used these to start my seedlings, and they all did great. It is easy to reconstitute and easier to handle than peat moss. Once my seedlings got started, I planted them in potting soil and gave them some weak fish emulsion (the coir doesn't have much in the way of nutrients). I had no problems with soil fungus or damping off, yet the water retention is good. When it gets wet, it still drains well and doesn't get soggy like peat can.
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Mysterious Mr Wong
5.0 out of 5 stars Like a Sponge!
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2013
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Having never used this type product I was surprised to say the least. Upon receiving the block I knew that it wouldn't fit into my 5 gallon bucket without putting it to my bandsaw and cutting it in half. I had about 4 gallons of water in it. Half an hour later this stuff had completely filled the bucket without excess water anywhere to be found unless I grabbed a handful and squeezed it. I used 1 half for my new worm bed and still have the remaining un-soaked block plus half the 5 gallon bucket full. I don't know why I never used this stuff before but will now for sure. Great product, seems a bit expensive though.
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Review@Random
4.0 out of 5 stars Great option
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2013
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I bought this after learning that Peat Moss is really a 'fossil fuel' (it's actually burned for heat in much of the world) and Coir (pronounced core) is a renewable resource.

I was happy to see a solid brick delivered right away (though without any labeling). When I brought it home and tossed it in a tub and poured water over it - it just bobbed up. A return a few hours later and it had soaked up all the water and nearly doubled in size. More water and a return the next day and it had grown even more. I repeated this process until just a small amount of water wasn't absorbed and the mass of Coir appeared to have expanded at least 4X larger than when it arrived.

I've mixed it with the topsoil, compost, Perlite and Vermiculite and planted everything in it. It seems to be doing a good job, along with the other materials, of preventing the soil mixture from compacting into the containers. We've had significant rain since I've planted, but the mixture doesn't seem to be soggy - so I think I hit the balance of materials pretty well with this.

Long term - I'm unsure, but no sign of any saltiness issues I've heard of 'low quality' Coir. The only slightly negative were a few large lumps that had to be soaked separately and about a handful of large bits that missed the shredder that I added to my compost pile. Not bad for 11 pounds worth!
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Cassie
5.0 out of 5 stars I <3 Worm Factory Coir
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2012
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Worm Factory coir is the best coir I have ever used and my favorite growing medium, worm bedding, and soil improver. These big bricks are fantastic for big projects. It does take longer for the big brick to fluff up, but it's great stuff once it's fluffed. I mix this coir with compost (2 parts fluffed coir, 1 part compost) for my growing beds and potted plants. This stuff is fantastic. Use it for whatever you use peat moss for. Coir is a sustainable, environmentally friendly product.
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SKYZIZ
3.0 out of 5 stars Pricey but good quality
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2018
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I bought this for our composting toilet. Works great. Enough to change it out 3 times. I paid 17 for it a few months ago, looks like the price has almost doubled. I switched to peat moss from home depot, a lot cheaper, although I would say Natured footprint absorb odors a little bit better. Nothing a little baking soda doesn't fix though.
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emptydown
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't ask for more from my coir!
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2012
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This was some of the cheapest coir I could find and decided to give it a try. It has performed up to my standards and would recommend it to anyone looking for coir.
I use it in my worm bin and it does a great job holding extra moisture when I feed them foods that are too watery and conversely holds plenty of water that I don't have to worry about them drying out to fast. This is a great, fluffy coconut coir that I'm very happy with.
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Redpoll
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for composting toilet
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2016
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I'm using coir in place of peat moss in a composting toilet. Used in the Nature's Head, coir works very well, and there's no odor. To prepare it, I put it overnight in a big tub with some water; next morning the consistency was good, and I bagged it in gallon ziplock bags for later use. It's a sustainable product. Using peat moss bothered me because that involves destruction of peatlands, a vanishing habitat.
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