Coco Peat

[Scoop1]

Hi, folks, can someone tell me where i can get a source for coco peat in thailand, it needs to be suitable for hydroponics, i have googled it but the one company i found only exports, and i cant find any on the hydro web pages

Cheers

Scoop

Edited April 29, 2012 by Scoop1

[rice555]

Hello Scoop1, post #167, they will ship or "mail" to you in LOS.

Yes, the'll you a 200Lt. bale through the Thai PO, and Moto's

Most everything related "with/for" hydro will be at Hortasia2012

next weekend at the end of the Suk-BTS line.

COIR--Knaap--COIR will be there. Also a Co that does tissue cultures.

rice555

[loong]

Hello Scoop1, post #167, they will ship or "mail" to you in LOS.

Yes, the'll you a 200Lt. bale through the Thai PO, and Moto's

http://www.thaivisa....oponic-farming/

Most everything related "with/for" hydro will be at Hortasia2012

next weekend at the end of the Suk-BTS line.

COIR--Knaap--COIR will be there. Also a Co that does tissue cultures.

rice555

I have found that opening a reply and enlarging the text enables me to read your post.

Havew you any idea why the font in your posts are too small to read? I'm sure that it can't be intentional.

[rice555]

The print size problem was a S/W.

Hello Scoop1, went to Horti Aisa 2012 today for a quick look-see.

Talked with them at the Knaap booth and they have coir slabs.

Not compressed like their export ones, and you can chose which

mix you want(see pix), should have a price next week.

rice555

[Scoop1]

Thanks Rice, its nice to be able to read your posts again, i have emailed them and i am waiting for a reply,

Cheers

Scoop

[rice555]

Hello All, from WET KORAT, got a call this morning from Knaap

and for 100 slabs was quoted Bt.60 each + VAT & shipping.

They will @ me with total cost info, so will post when I get it.

The coir I chose is their #2(same price as 2-5) in the TV-hydro

thread where I gave prices, the #1 cost more.

rice555

Edited May 19, 2012 by rice555

[Scoop1]

Thanks Rice,i am still waiting for a reply, what are you doing with 100 slabs, omg, you will be busy

cheers

scoop

[loong]

Sorry if this has already been asked and answered..

What size is a slab?

I'm assuming that this has nil or low level of salt?

Thanks

[Scoop1]

Hi Loong, they have bags as well and they are 55ltrs 200ltrs and 1500ltrs, their website does not say anything about the size of slabs and normally if its good quality it will have an Electrical Conductivity { EC } of less than .3 milliSiemens per centimetre, which is good enough for hydroponics

Cheers

Scoop

[rice555]

Hello All, the slabs I think(??) are 10 X 20 X 100cm which are

standerd in coir and rockwool for toms or chilies.

It really doesn't mater the exact size, as they will handle 3

plants per slab.

Pre-filled bags/slabs saves time when setting up a system,

especially when it's a one horse show.

I couldn't find plastic like this in LOS(see pic), it's a 12" W on B

tube.

Call them if if you want info, she speaks good English, or him

with German.

rice555

[Scoop1]

Hi Rice , just got an email from Knaap, with the specifications of their product, EC less than 1.2 { thats way too high } EC less than .3 is normal , i guess i will keep looking. 55ltrs 150bt

cheers

Scoop

[rice555]

Hello All, Scoop1 there's only a few places to buy coir here and they do bare bones

processing for LOS markets for small users. If you want lower EC, they will sell it, but

you have to buy large amounts and pay more for the extra rinses.

For most of the coir I've used was from a small roadside nursery close to where we live.

Not very low EC, but rinsed a few more times before transplanting.(rinsed in the growbag)

The problem with the roadside coir is that it's different from bag to bag and the quality of

what's in side changes week to week. Some lots of large pieces of husk and/or fiber.

You have to sort it before you you fill bags, that's why I was going with Knnap, going from

bulk to grow bag in one step, and then the normal flush rinse routine before planting.

Things don't work here like at home! In more ways than another.

The first pic is what was left after I sifted a bag to get coir powder to use in plug trays. This

bag had very little fiber, sometimes there's big knots of it in the bags.

The second pic is the nursery as we are zooming by in a tuk tuk with the new Mac. The

large white bags on the L/H side of the tree is what I was using, Bt.90, they get a delivery

once a week, I gave them a few days notice and they would have the truck leave what I

needed, some things do work smoother here, usually with a T-CN in charge.

All my growing is on a 4 month vacation, have to move out of this house and finnish our

house at the farm, looking forwards to the move, not the moving things part.

rice555