second thoughts re CHC

[irrka]

I ran out of soaked hydroton and potted a phal in coconut husk chips. I've never played with that medium before, but it seemed nice and airy and i didn't remember anythign about needing to presoak it like with bark so i went with it. Now i'm second guessing about whether that was a good idea or if i'm going to dry the daylights out of it or if it was supposed to be pre-soaked etc. etc. I did put a bunch of sphag on top to keep the umidity high.
Could anyone that uses CHC please say how to use it??
Thanks,
Irene