COIR PEAT- COCO COIR
Coco coir, Coir peat or Coco Peat has been a by product of the coconut industry for over 150 year. Today the inherent qualities of coir peat make it a valuable product in itself and an increasingly valuable one for the horticultural industry. Most Coco peat is imported from suppliers in India and Sri Lanka.
Biodegradable and superior water retention qualities make coir peat not only a valuable additive to potting mix. Coir peat is now an essential for orchid growers, and a most useful soil conditioner. Discs are used by flower growers, and is also used a a bedding material in commercial worm farms. The waterretention qualities make coir peat most useful in golf courses, where greens are increasingly established on a bed that includes coir peat.
In summary Coir peat, Coco Coir or Coir is used extessively in the following horticultural areas:
Potting mix, Cut flower growing, Soil restoration, Hydroponics, Biodegradable pot manufacture, Golf course greens, Plant Propagation, Coir Grow Bags, Mushroom farms, Turf farms, Worm Farms, Vegetable growing, Seedling propagation and many other horticultural uses.
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Coco Peat Products Include:
- Biodegradeable coir pots
- Products for potting orchids with coco.
- Coir Pillows in nurseries for seed germination
- Coconut Husk Chips which are used widely in a variety of potting mixes and soils.
- Cocopoles which are a moss pole substitutes being an alkathene tube or similar covered with coir instead of moss.
- Coir Logs or coconut fibre rolls which are used as a biodegradable erosion control system for the banks of streams etc.
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