So.. A guy in my neighbourhood, in central Europe, where we don't grow coconuts locally, I selling 45l bags of coconut coir for 2€. This is much lower than I see mentioned here.
I want to use it to improve the structure of my flower and vegetable soil (lots of clay and sand, not a lot of loam/humus, and to "thin out" my compost, which I mainly use on surface, AND add it, mixed with soil, to my lawn.
Can there be a catch here? If not, might as well order a few tons and ket it sit at the tip of my property.
EDIT:
Ok, so I found out it's a commercial product after all, and this farmer is just a reseller.
It's a product called Jiffy Growbag.
They say it's suitable even for direct planting, so I should have no concerns with salts and some other mentioned stuff.
It's 1/2 price of peat, and for my intedended purposes (mostly as topsoil, and to improve drainage), it seems better than peat.
Thanks to everyone who answered.
by Sheshirdzhija
5 Comments
Were the coconuts brought in by African or European swallows?
I… I don’t know!
Is the coconut coir packaging branded, or otherwise has info you could look up on the Internet?
You could ask him. Maybe it is waste from a factory that makes coconut products.
Possibly high salt content. You may need to wash it out and drain before using. I got some cheap coir a few years ago with this issue.
I’m not certain how he could sell it that cheap with the freight expenses getting it to Central Europe. However if it is legit yeah get a truckload of it. Might not be buffered but that would be easy to correct with water and a little Epsom salt/ calcium nitrate.