Coco Peat as a Growing Medium

                                               

• Are you facing the problem of potted soil getting hardened and caked up over time?

• There is a magic ingredient called coco peat that can keep the soil loose, which in turn enables roots to spread out easily, enjoy more breathing space and aeration and consequently achieve better plant growth.

• The humble coconut fibre which is been processed and marketed as coco peat is the magic ingredient. Coco Peat Blocks act as a great growing medium. 

• The benefits of coco peat are plenty. Coco peat is light, fibrous and spongy. It brings down the weight of the potted growing medium, and also helps the soil retain moisture for much longer time because of the water absorptive and retentive nature of the fibre.

• This also means you will have to use less water for your plants, and watering can be done after longer intervals. It is often found in gardens that the soil is too clayey.

• Besides adding fresh soil and manure, Coco Peat Blocks can also be used to cure clayey soil.

                            

• Coco peat becomes crucially important when the plant is given liquid growth stimulators such as panchkavya, the indigenous growth-stimulating manure derived from cow products. The peat prevents rapid evaporation of the liquid.

• Coco Peat is a growing medium produced from coir dust. It is a by-product of coconut husk processing, while making coir and other products. The processed coir dust becomes coco peat and is a very good growing medium for plants.

• Coco peat has emerged as a good alternative to mined peat moss and is used in homes, gardens and horticultural centres for seed starting, bedding plants, container plants, and more.

 

• If you have a small garden or terrace garden, you don’t really need to buy processed coco peat. You can even make Coco Peat at home.

• Each time you go to de-husk a coconut, you will realise the wheat-brown fibre strands along the sides of the coconut.

• Collect these fine fibres and chop them into bits. Now you have home-made coco peat that you can add to the soil in your plants and pot beds.

• Before making the coco peat, discard the thick and tightened bunch of fibres at the top of the coconut.

• Adding fresh coco peat about once in three months suffices. Coco Peat is the most sustainable growing medium.

For Business Enquiry, Visit - http://www.bgreencocos.com.