Re: Coir

Chris Marsden (100620.2156@CompuServe.COM)
20 Aug 96 16:59:43 EDT

All,

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> plants. I'm not sure how it scores as a 'green' compost either, by
> the time it has been shipped half way round the world (using
> lots of ship-fuel of course). As for the CP - I guess it's whatever's

Ah yes, but in my opinion it is better to use up our North Sea Oil
reserves than our peat bogs. At least hundreds (maybe thousands) of
metres below the ocean there are no CP's. I know you live in the UK,
but most people on the list live in the US. I suspect the
transportation of peat to America uses the same amount of fuel than
transporting _compressed_ bricks (that take up about 1/5 of the amount
of room as the finished product) from Sri Lanka.

The (late) Geoff Hamilton has used coir exclusively for the last couple of
years, I see his garden is a bit better than mine, and has used it on and off
for many years, on "long-term" plants for borders etc.

Never use coir compost for CP's, it always has a lot of nutrients in.
How long ago did you last try blocks? Up till last year you couldn't
get unfertilized blocks from most suppliers, the sellers would just say
they could be used on all plants.

Coir is especially good when used with small quantities of Pine needles, fern
fibre (home grown not shop bought). Try it and see!

Kind Regards,

Toby