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Coco peat is a growing medium and normally used for soil amendments. It’s made from the husks of coconuts. It’s a beneficial product for plant growers and provides an alternative growing medium. It’s used much like sphagnum peat in garden applications. It increases water retention, aeration and provides antifungal benefits when used alone or incorporated into the soil as an ingredient.
Peat moss is not a sustainable gardening resource. It’s a product of peatland mining, which is a hazard to environmentally sensitive swamps and bogs. Here’s an educative article to read, regarding this issue. Coco peat is an alternative to peat moss. Moreover, it’s better than peat moss because its superior in water retaining capacity, wettability, drainage, aeration and is also more resistant to diseases, pests, and weeds. Coco peat can be put into use in many areas such as in greenhouses, seedling nurseries, worm bedding, hydroponics (Growing medium), application in horticulture and floriculture, container gardening, etc.
Also Read: How to Make Coco Peat at Home
The coconut fibers have been ground and compressed in bricks. The bricks are easy to package, market, store and handle. The product will need to be reconstituted before using.
Coconut coir or peat comes in compressed form, it expands and increases up to 5 or 6 times in volume after it’s reconstituted. Only break off the amount you’re planning to use.
If using the bricks its a good idea to soak and rinse, as they tend to have a lot of salt in them. Most of the uncompressed or premixed coco is safe without rinsing.
Also coir locks up calcium, so add extra and watch out for signs of deficiency.
I use the bricks and do my last rinse with CAL-MAG.
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