Help diy coconut husk
 

So this month I inspected the coconut media which I found out that is better for dendrobium put for phalaenopsis pine bark with tiny amount of moss is the best. So back to the topic, if your coco nut has the three dots dry not swallow soft dark then its good. Next thing is to hear the water in it. Also when you will open one of the holes if you hear the vacuum free kind of psssz... Its in the freshest condition.
Good one:
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Bad one:
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So except me enjoying shake. I thought maybe I could use it as a pot or soil for orchids any suggestions? :D

I'll give ya a bump :)

Yes, you can certainly use it as a pot, but for the record, that is the shell, not the husk. Coconut husk is the eternal, pithy material that surrounds the shell:

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Yes I recall now i didn't took a picture of the husk


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Should l bake it in the oven or something to sterilize it?

I believe it should be washed well - soaked in water with ... hmm - I wanna say epsom salts, or other magnesium, but I will not bet my life on that! Hopefully someone else can give you the info, or try searching online - maybe use search terms "coconut husk washing orchids" ?

Thanks

Sonya is right. Coconut husk is often VERY high in salt content. That's going to take a LOT of soaking; adding calcium nitrate, and/or magnesium sulfate to the solution will accelerate the process, but it still needs to be with a LOT of water, with a lot of repetitions, so may not be worth the effort.

I see so i will use it for my mint and basillicom they really like it.

First thing should be to test conductivity of water soaking the husk, to know if there's salt.

If conductivity is low it's fine (my coco chips are labelled at about 17µS/cm).

If it's high, it should iether be discarded, used used as cover in the garden or treated, and the last option is quite a job…