So how green do you want to be? Coconut Coir is entirely renewable & an incredibly sustainable product. Coconut Coir is produced from the outer shell of the coconut - the coconut husk. The first step when they harvest the coconut is to extract the meat & milk which may turn out to be oil, [...]
We thought we'd post a few very simple tips for beginners when it comes to filling & preparing your plant pot. When filling pots with coconut coir don’t compress the coconut coir around the roots. Coconut coir is very spongy and will compress easily so give it some space to breathe. If you compress the [...]
In hydroponics, feeding and watering are the same operation but can be driven by different forces. A wise grower once said that "the ideal time to water is 5 minutes before the plant wilts". This theory reduces the stress on the plant from too much water (which stresses the roots), and from too little water [...]
Ever notice how some coir products are finer, more of the smaller particles, than other coir products? The blends of particle sizes give the coir product two qualities. Air fill porosity, amount of air space around the roots as a percent of volume, and water holding capacity, the amount of water the coir can hold [...]
We find a great way to naturally determine how your plants are responding is to take a direct look at the root system of your plant. On the basis that you are not using a smart pot you should be able to see a strong formation of the roots within a few days - top [...]
Naturally, coir is loaded with sodium & potassium and very low in calcium & magnesium. The nature of "buffering or treating" a coir product is to essentially swing the balance in favour of the calcium & magnesium and against the potassium and sodium. Very high sodium & potassium with very low calcium and magnesium is [...]
