Premier Tech Horticulture specialist Susan Parent talks about the benefits and the origin of the coir used in peat-based growing media.
You can also read an article about coir here.
Pronounced “coyer” (kȯi(-ə)r), coir pith is the main constituent of most coir products and is commonly used as a component of horticultural growing media.
Coir is a renewable resource and a natural by-product of the brown fiber industry of tropical countries such as India, Indonesia, Philippines and Sri Lanka.
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