Hello everyone. Welcome back to the Epic Gardening podcast. My name is Kevin. I'm the

founder of Epic Gardening.com which is your home for the most informative and

helpful gardening information on the internet. Today we are talking about Coconut Quar, what it is, how to use

it, and a few of the best brands to buy because it is a medium where you need to buy

quality because there's a lot of downsides if you buy some cheaper stuff.

So it's an increasingly popular type of hydroponic growing medium, and for good reason.

There are a whole host of benefits to growing with coconut core that you can and

should take advantage of if you're new to hydroponics. So first of all, what is coconut

core? Well, if we want to understand First of all, what is Coconut Core?

Well, if we want to understand Coconut Core,

we need to understand what a coconut is and how a coconut is structured.

So in the past, when coconuts were harvested for their meat and their juice, the

husk was considered a waste product. All of the material from the husk to the inner shell of the

coconut was essentially a discarded product until people

realized that it had many applications in gardening and home products.

So everything in between the shell of the coconut and the outer coating of the

coconut seed is considered coconut quar so that that interior middle of the

coconut.

There are two types of fibers that make up quar, brown and white.

Brown quar comes from a mature ripe coconut.

It's a lot stronger, but it's less flexible.

White coconut core come from pre-ripe coconuts or green coconuts,

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