Reusing coco coir and soft bag. Worth it?

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Do you guys reuse your coco coir? If so,what do you do to it before reusing? Is it worth it ?
How about soft fabric pot?
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Do you guys reuse your coco coir? If so,what do you do to it before reusing? Is it worth it ?
How about soft fabric pot?
T.I.A.
Smoking Frog

I use coco in my vegetable garden indoors and I simply cut at the base of the stem and will seed again in the same pot. I hit 700ppm between tap water and Jack's 20-20-20 and feed them once a day. I also add beneficials and I watch old roots decay over weeks and stems become nonexistent over months. If I reuse coco for bud I just run several gallons of water at a 5.8 with a 500-700 ppm start and put seeds or clones in.

I reuse my fabric pots before I can even wash them but I've yet to experience and problems besides needing a to buy a bit more as some of it breaks down.


 
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I suggest you not recycle coco that comes pre-buffered, with these including Canna, Roots, Royal Gold and other quality coco product lines. I presume the buffering done by the manufacturer is gone after growing a plant.

I presume that coco recycled multiple times becomes more like soil, more organic, if only from fine roots breaking down. Mixing coco and soil, working with something in between, risks more problems.

So, maybe only recycle coco if it was not buffered by the manufacturer. If you do recycle, add enzymes and microbes to break down any residual organics; and maybe only recycle a few times or dilute by mixing in fresh with each grow.
 
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I suggest you not recycle coco that comes pre-buffered, with these including Canna, Roots, Royal Gold and other quality coco product lines. I presume the buffering done by the manufacturer is gone after growing a plant.

I presume that coco recycled multiple times becomes more like soil, more organic, if only from fine roots breaking down. Mixing coco and soil, working with something in between, risks more problems.

So, maybe only recycle coco if it was not buffered by the manufacturer. If you do recycle, add enzymes and microbes to break down any residual organics; and maybe only recycle a few times or dilute by mixing in fresh with each grow.
I totally agree with this bricks are cheap just use new
 
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