How to Plant With Coconut Liners
Container planting offers an affordable gardening experience for those with small spaces, and adds increased interest to porches and patios. A wire basket offers multiple planting surfaces and can be used over several seasons. Coconut fiber containers are inserted to provide a moisture barrier, contain the planting medium and offer a controlled, natural looking growing environment. Coir, as it called, is the first truly renewable planting medium that can replace peat moss. It also has root stimulating hormones that help deter rot and increase oxygen access. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Coconut fiber liner
- Scissors
- Plastic bag
- Planting container
- Potting soil
- Plants
Instructions
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Roll out the coconut liner and cut a piece that will fit your container. Install it by pushing it into the inside of the planting container. Trim a plastic bag to fit inside and liberally poke holes in the bag. This will help keep your pot from drying out so quickly but will allow drainage.
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Fill the liner up with potting soil. Insert the plants as you want them. To plant around the exterior of the pot, poke holes in the coconut fiber with the scissors. Slice the liner a little to widen the holes. Then push the roots of your plants through the liner and into the soil. Put a hand inside the container and firm the soil around the slits in the coconut from inside the pot.
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Water a coconut fiber planter frequently in summer. The liner is permeable and much of the moisture will evaporate during the day. Water until the fluid runs out of the planter on a daily basis. Watering in other seasons can be done when you feel the soil is dry to the touch.
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Tips & Warnings
If you don't poke holes in the plastic, the roots of your plants will rot.
References
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