31/01/2015
coco peat briquettes :-
Cocopeat is not fully decomposed when it arrives and will use up available nitrogen as it does so competing with the plant if there is not enough. Poorly sourced Cocopeat can have excess salts in it and needs washing .
It has a similar cation exchange capacity to sphagnum peat, holds water well, re-wets well from dry and holds around 1000 times more air than soil.
Being a good absorbent, dry Cocopeat t can be used as an oil absorbent on slippery floors. Cocopeat is also used as a bedding in animal farms and pet houses to absorb animal waste so the farm is kept cleanand dry.
Cocopeat is hydrophilic unlike sphagnum moss and can quickly reabsorb water even when completely dry. Cocopeat is porous and cannot be overwatered easily.