Viagrow Coco Coir 5KG (1 Pack, Micro Charge), Coconut Coir Pith

I absolutely love this stuff. I mix it in my wheelbarrow. I add half hot water at first. Then once it starts to come apart i add tap water. Its very easy to work with. I use it in all my starter pots. The castings are new to me entirely. I add about a tablespoon worth to each of my pots. It seems to of worked real nice.

The coco coir comes as large dense block. Per the instructions we put 9 gallons of water on it and let it expand. I suggest doing this near where you will use it, as it gets quite heavy. We spread the worm castings first at the base of our tomato plants and then put the coco coir on top. It definitely feels like it will hold in moisture and it looks nice. Don't know results yet. Looking forward to finding out.

I like that such a small package expands into such a huge amount of product! I've struggled to keep soil in my raised bed where I grow strawberries and asparagus. The wind blows it out and dries it to a powdery dust. I'm hoping that mixing the coir into the soil will help keep the soil moist and in the box where it belongs. The worm castings will add another layer of nourishment to an otherwise base soil. Next year's growing season will be the test.

I've recently gotten into wanting a garden (plants, flowers and vegetables) in and around my house. This is easy to use and works amazingly. I personally used this in pots for potted plants in my house.

As a first time user of Viagrow Coconut Coir with Earth Worm Castings, I am very impressed. Coir comes in brick form with a separate 1 lb. bag of earth worm castings (an added plus since coir does not have much in the way of nutrients). The small package makes a HUGE amount of coir and is much easier to deal with than a heavy bag of peat. I placed the entire block of coco coir in an 18 gal.. storage bin with lid, added 9 gallons of warm water, and allowed it to hydrate overnight. Since I did not plan on using the entire amount of coir at once, the bin with lid was perfect for storage purposes. The next day with a garden trowel, I fluffed up and cultivated until broken down into fine pieces. At this point it could be used as is or mixed with other potting medium such as potting soil. Part of the coir I mixed in a raised bed to amend rock hard clay soil. I added one part coir to two parts soil. This ratio helped loosen the clay soil with the goal being improved drainage, root development, water and nutrient retention. This is also a great product for a clematis mixed at a 30% coir, 70% potting soil ratio. I have never thought of using coconut shell shreds for soil, but this is brilliant! Clean, no offensive smell, convenient, environmentally friendly, easy to use, and earth worm castings included for added nutrients. In my opinion, Viagrow Coconut Coir Brick with Earth Worm Castings is an outstanding product worth a try.

I can't wait to see if my plants respond well to these products. The earthworm castings are amazing! I wish a bigger bag had come; it's like dirt gold. The natural coconut medium seems like it will be great for my beds to hold water and stay moist on the warmer summer evenings. Looking forward to the results!

I have an organic garden and always use coconut coir to make potting mix and also soil for seedlings. For additional nutrition, you can add the earthworm castings. This is a nice big amount and it is easy to make into soil, just add the coir into a big drum and add water, wait for water to rehydrate and then add vermiculite or worm castings and that is all you need to make great soil. You can also use to make a worm bed if you want your own worm farm. It has no odor and leaves no dirt under your fingernails. Really pleasant to work with and it retains moisture and is breathable.

This coconut coir brick and earthworm castings by Viagrow are absolutely the best growing medium and fertilizer combination for all my plants. The coconut coir is so easy to use- you simply soak it in water for about an hour or so and it expands and takes on a soil like texture, and then you can use it in its own or mix it with your potting soil to create a rich growing medium which holds more water. This coconut coir saved my plants during the heat wave and allowed them to thrive even then. Added to that, the Viagrow earthworm castings are the perfect organic fertilizer to make the soil rich with nutrients needed for my plants to produce. Adding these earthworm castings really helped my plants to grow and produce faster, and i cannot wait to see how much better my garden will perform this year due to this coconut coir and earthworm castings!

First of al, the packages are huge! And very heavy! I was not expecting them to have so much - this is going to feed all my plants plus more (to buy). The coconut coir is small coconut fibers. Pretty easy to use if you're used to planting. It swells a lot after adding water! So you don't need as much as you think. The worm castings are super easy to use. Just sprinkle on top and use a gardening tool to push some inside the soil or mix it directly with your soil as you're potting a plant. I love how my iffy plants have perked up since adding these two products. Hopefully they thrive from now on.

The Coco Coir brick and earth worm castings were a nice addition to my garden. They were simple to use and I like how the earth worm castings can be used in a variety of ways to add nutrients to my garden. The Coco coir brick was great for filling pots and I like how much it expands. Over all I am happy with both products and would recommend them.