Advice for Drying Out Coco Fiber

[Tigerpunkk]

Hey there! I was wondering if anyone had any advice for drying out coco fiber in the fall/winter? I'm due for a rehouse and I need to soak a new substrate brick, but it's finally reaching the point where it's too cold to leave it outside to dry.
Has anyone had experience successfully drying it out any other way?

 

[Lentulus]

Lay it out as thinly as possible. You could use a large trash bag or something like that and then spread it thin. That would speed things up. Some folks don’t mind baking it.

 

[Enn49]

You can put it in the oven on low but keep an eye on it so it doesn't overcook.

 

[Tigerpunkk]

You can put it in the oven on low but keep an eye on it so it doesn't overcook.

is it safe to put it in the oven on a pan? or should i put something in between it and the metal?

 

[Enn49]

I just use a roasting tin.

 

[Aracnoenthusiast]

Cookie sheet in the oven

 

[Mundo exotico]

You can put in a big bag, spread it and use a dryer to speed up or leave it near some heat source for couple of days. If you use the oven use it in low temperature

 

[menavodi]

I use newspaper. It soaks the water very good, leave it on until the paper is all wet...

 

[Oursapoil]

You can put it layered out on a cooking pan and above your heater (if you have steam or water heaters). The boiler room works well too. I tried the over but almost lost my life when my wife caught me red-handed

 

[ABYZL]

I had tons to dry out fast when my big girl was coming home and I did use the oven. My spouse wasn't overly impressed but it worked. I had it 100 Celsius or 220 Fahrenheit which worked. It took awhile though and it's important to cool it down before filling enclosure of course. The oven kills any fungus spores in there as well which is a bonus