Coco - COIR
Finally, an Eco-Alternative to Peat Moss. Coir Fiber is a renewable, nontoxic, sustainable growing medium.
Coir or cocopeat or 'coir fiber pith' or coir dust are several terms are used to describe material produced from coconut husks. Coir is produced as a by-product when coconut husks are processed for the extraction of the long fibers from the husk. It is the binding material that comes from the fiber fraction of the coconut husk. It has long been used in the making of rugs, and weaving into landscape erosion control mats.
Coir fiber is an excellent potting medium for starting seeds and potting plants. A by-product of the coconut harvest, coir fiber is a renewable resource. It holds 10 times its weight in water and does not shed water like peat moss and it isn't produced by destroying wet lands like the use of Canadian Peat Moss does. If anything you're helping out when you buy this instead of peat moss because they used to just throw the extra resource into the river or let it rot along the banks and it polluted the water while it broke down. Using it mitigates that problem and allows the farmers who produce it to make a some more money off of a product they used to view as waste.
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Coconut Pith Fiber Potting and Planting Medium
Coconuts from whence the fiber doth come!
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Coir Fiber Product
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Sizes & Prices
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Organic Coir Planting Chips
- Great indoors for tropicals or outdoors as mulch
- Use as decorative ground cover - retains water and resists fungus
- Great alternative to peat moss when planting trees and shrubs-breaks up in your hands easily so you can just throw it in the hole with your fertilizer and soil mix.
- Mix with potting soil to help aeration and moisture retention
- Each lightweight block equals more than 2 CF of mulch
- Easy to carry and store
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$10.99
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$21.00
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Weight: 10 lbs.
Package Dimensions: 6.0L x 12.0W x 12.0H
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Compressed Coir Bricks
Coir has a very low salt content that is available in 1/2" double-sieved long fibers to reduce dust and give ample space within the mix. With longer fibers and reduced dust, growers will experience an optimal air to water ratio, which is vital for strong root development. Classic Coir Bricks are a compressed coconut-fiber growing medium that expands to approximately 1/3 cubic foot when soaked in water.
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1 Brick
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6 Bricks
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24 Bricks
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$3.10
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$15.50
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$59.00
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About 1.5 lbs per brick
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Each block expands to 17 gallons of potting mix
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Compressed Coir Bales
Coir organic growing medium consists of three different types of compressed coco coir. This high-quality, low sodium growing medium is an environmentally-friendly alternative to sphagnum peat moss. When hydrated with water, Coir rapidly expands, saving time and effort. growing mediums can be used exclusively by themselves, blended together or mixed with expanded clay pellets, perlite or topsoil.
Each block is a completely renewable resource made from 100% natural recycled fibers of the coconut husk. A micro sponge effect dramatically increases the water retention of soil and improves aeration, ensuring optimal root growth and maximum water and nutrient uptake for lawn grasses and container and garden plants. Use anytime you have a need for a potting medium. To use, simply fill a bucket or wheel barrel with water and place one block in it and the fiber will be ready to use in about an hour.
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$12.95
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$24.00
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$45.00
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Bale size ~ 12.0L x 12.2W x 6.9H
Shipping weight - About 12 lbs per bale
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NEW!
Black Gold Just Coir
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Black Gold Just Coir
Black Gold Just Coir is OMRI listed low salt organic material. It is just what the name implies, "Just Coir", actually coconut coir pith. They take the highest quality coir available, rinse it to reduce salts and then reconstitute it from a compressed bale like the ones above and make it into a more user friendly ready-to-use product. Black Gold Just Coir has become a popular product with hydroponic gardeners. It's lose coir in a bag so you don't have to soak the bales and pull them apart yourself. It's ready to go right out of the bag and multiprupose. You can use it in place of peat moss or any medium you use to improve moisture retention in soils. Some people use just coir for starting their plants and no soil at all. It mixes well with worm castings too.
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$21.00
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$39.50
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$78.00
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The Black Gold Coir Bags weigh about 34lbs each and are sold as 2 cubic feet by volume.
Available by the pallet and half pallet as are all the other coir products on this page.
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