03-04-2013, 09:07 PM | #11 |
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They hairy bits are not much of a problem other than it gets in the food dishes and the torts also scatter food onto it. A deeper dish would probably solve my problem. I much prefer it to topsoil, low in dust
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You gonna order some then Alan? Thanks for the review Pagan Queen
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Ive used this in with my crestie and so far everything's good, seems to keep humidity levels well so in considering it for torts, let us know how you get on with it pagan queen x
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Apparently it's used for growing weed. I saw a cop show the other night and they picked someone up with "hydroponic" growing equipment in their car. That's when I realised it's the stuff I bought.
So going on that basis, it should be good for humidity as cannabis likes it humid.
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Lol I watched that as well funny show full set up and they still couldn't do them, good idea using it for the weeds of the legal variety though
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As it stands this material is the oppostite of what we would want to grow tortoise food plants, since it is very low in calcium and high in potassium. If we were using this to grow tortoise food plants we would need to use a a high clacium and low poatssium feed solution and I think for most of us this would be a lot of bother. Maybe the solution that Canna sell would be alright but perhaps not. I'm intersted in trying this as a tortoise substrate. From the canna site: "Coco fibre typically contains little calcium and even less phosphate; on the other hand it does hold a lot of potassium compared to other growing mediums. These are just some of the nutrients plants need but they are not present in the proper amounts in coco coir to meet the needs of your plants. For this reason CANNA Research developed a COCO nutrient that supplements the CANNA COCO medium to exactly what the plants need. It is quite obvious that when using COCO medium, lots of calcium and phosphate and very little potassium need to be added to the coco, and this is exactly what the CANNA COCO nutrient line contains."
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If anyone gets the Reptile keeper magazine, then theres a good article in Mays edition on variouse substates for various species
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I thought that was a joke about the kokosnot but it isn't!
Is it better than phlem-o-nut?
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I also use the Kokosnot. ITs really cheap and As I live about 30 minutes from an Ikea not hard to come by.
I was a bit concerned by all the hairs initially - After I make a batch up I sieve it and that actually results in quite a few large hairballs being collected. Also once it has been in the table for a bit and the torts have had a good walk around some of the larger hairs end up on the top of the substrate so you can just pick them out. These days I use a topsil base and then cover it with a layer of Kokosnot. Dont really need this picture I suppose but it is nice so I had to put it in
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