Grow It 08636 50 Peat Free Compost Discs

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Here is our pure coir drying naturally in the sunshine. It really needs drying out after being washed for four months in fresh water ! Starting your own plants from seed is a great way to save money when gardening. Yet dragging bags of starting soil into the house is messy. Filling seed trays is time-consuming and the sterilization needed to prevent disease is a lot of work. If only there were an easier way… Coir Discs for Seed Planting How about stopping removing natural flood defences, stopping removing the purest natural filter for our ever more scarce water resources, stopping removing a unique, fascinating archive of the earth`s history - and ours. Provide light – Place the trays under grow lights or near a sunny window. Keep the pellets evenly moist while the seeds germinate. Adding a little water to the bottom of the tray once a day is usually sufficient.

If you enjoy raising your plants from seed but hate the hassle, you might want to try coir pellets. For germination of seeds, pellets are an easy, fast, and clean method. When compared to peat pellets, coir discs for seed planting are an eco-friendly option. O.K. it may need some help with greedy plants - but that`s where Nature helps again. Add some organic Neem, with some sustainably harvested seaweed fertilizer - ours comes from the cool, clear waters of the Shetland Isles - and you have a wonderful, natural growing medium.

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Maxi Coir Pots– 16 cm x 17cm depth – 1.5 lt. Perfect for potting on or for raising larger plants i.e. tomatoes and cucumbers. Complete with our organic `no waste` Jute Bag, ideal for seed potatoes, onion sets, bulb store, oh,loads of uses!

BUILT FOR A SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE – No more harming the environment by digging up our vital peat bogs. Made from coconut husks, our environmental friendly coir fibre is a waste by-product from the food industry for a sustainable lifestyle. Perfect for Seedlings, Cuttings, Plug Plants and more. Coir pellets for seed planting are fungus-free. Coir readily absorbs and holds water, yet doesn’t become supersaturated and soggy. The material remains loose for improved root formation and the netting surrounding the ground coconut hulls retains the shape of the pellet. How to Use a Coconut Pellet Seed Starting System These eco-friendly coco coir peat-free compost discs are the ultimate in convenience for the gardener. Easy to use, super lightweight and plastic free! Perfect for plants, seeds, cuttings and pots. Coir Pots are the PEAT FREE way of getting your seeds / cuttings off to the best start or for potting on seedlings. Being peat-free they are better for the environment and your plants. Coir Potsare also easier to use (no more clearing up plastic / polystyrene pots, because the pots simply rot down in the soil after use) and produce healthier, faster growing plants. Available in 3 different sizes. Provide nutrients – By the time the seedlings have their second or third set of true leaves, the roots are usually penetrating the netting. For tall, healthy transplants, it’s best to either fertilize at this time or plant the seedlings, pellet and all, in a small pot.Only about 5% of our lowland peat bogs remain untouched - and the government has introduced very tough regulations regarding further extraction in this country.

Can you just think what digging up this peat does to global warming and climate change ! Other reasons for stopping to dig that peat ?We know, because coir, these organic fertilizers and our own green garden compost are really all we use. Do you know peat wetlands are not only wonderful reservoirs of wildlife, but fragilely hold huge amounts of carbon from escaping into the atmosphere [one third of the world`s soil carbon]. Our coco fibre discs are made from waste coconut husk fibers that are a by product of the coconut plant food industry.