Media Weight Chart

Orchid Media	Dry Weight per quart (in ounces)	Wet Weight per quart (in ounces)	Water Held per quart (in ounces)	Water Held (as % of weight)
Aerolite	1.2	2.8	1.6	133%
Aliflor - Small	17.6	20	2.4	14%
Aliflor - Medium	12.8	14.8	2	16%
Broken Brick	38.4	40	1.6	4%
Charcoal - Small/Medium	4.2	11.4	7.2	171%
Charcoal - Large	3.2	8.4	5.2	163%
Cobblestone	49	50	1	2%
Coconut Husk Chips - Small	4	10.4	6.4	160%
Coconut Husk Chips - Medium	3.6	9.2	5.6	156%
Coconut Husk Chips - Large	3.2	8	4.8	150%
Coconut Husk Fiber	1.2	3.2	2	167%
Coir	6.4	18.8	12.4	194%
Diatomite - Small	16	25.6	9.6	60%
Diatomite - Medium	11.6	21.6	10	86%
Diatomite - Large	10.8	19.6	8.8	81%
Fir bark - Small	8.4	10.8	2.4	29%
Fir bark - Medium	7.6	9.6	2	26%
Fir bark - Large	6.8	8.4	1.6	24%
Granite Chips	43	44	1	2%
Marble Chips	47	48	1	2%
Metro Mix 380 (with Coir)	10.8	20.8	10	93%
Packing Peanuts	0.4	0.4	0	0%
Pea Gravel	42	45	3	7%
Peat Moss	4	18.8	14.8	370%
Pro Mix HP	4.4	20.4	16	364%
Pro Moss - Fibrous Blond	4	18.8	14.8	370%
Pumice Rock	18	28	10	55%
Redwood Bark	5.6	7.6	2	36%
Rice Hulls	4	8	4	100%
Rockwool Cubes	1.2	15.6	14.4	1200%
Sphagnum Moss - Premium Long Fiber	3.2	9.2	6	188%
Sphagnum Moss - Premium Chopped	5.6	9.6	4	71%
Sponge Rock - Small (Perlite)	3.6	10.4	6.8	189%
Sponge Rock - Medium	3.2	10	6.8	213%
Sponge Rock - Large	3	9.2	6.2	207%
Tree Fern Fiber	2.8	4.4	1.6	57%
Vermiculite	4.4	22.8	18.4	418%
Volcanic Rock - Medium	18.4	23.6	5.2	28%
Volcanic Rock - Large	25.2	28.4	3.2	13%

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