Has my cocopeat broken down?
Hey guys, want to talk about experimenting with medium here
I've been soaking and rinsing some cocopeat with distilled water to remove its salt content. I've found out that after the 7th time rinsing, it has pretty nice texture which I can't describe here. After the 8th and 9th rinsing, it turned into mush. Could it be that excessive soaking break down the texture of the medium? I'm afraid I can't use them because I don't want the growing medium for my nepenthes to become too compacted and unhealthy for the roots. To describe it would be the medium has lost its coarse elements and after 12 hours to 20 hours soaking they sinked down to the bottom of my bucket. I can send you guys picture but maybe later cause I can't at the time. Anyone who have experienced something similar can give me opinions?
Thank you
Hey guys, want to talk about experimenting with medium here
I've been soaking and rinsing some cocopeat with distilled water to remove its salt content. I've found out that after the 7th time rinsing, it has pretty nice texture which I can't describe here. After the 8th and 9th rinsing, it turned into mush. Could it be that excessive soaking break down the texture of the medium? I'm afraid I can't use them because I don't want the growing medium for my nepenthes to become too compacted and unhealthy for the roots. To describe it would be the medium has lost its coarse elements and after 12 hours to 20 hours soaking they sinked down to the bottom of my bucket. I can send you guys picture but maybe later cause I can't at the time. Anyone who have experienced something similar can give me opinions?
Thank you
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