Coconut coir as a substitute for peat soil experiment comparison
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The functionality of peat soil in gardening is indeed very powerful. At that time, when I suddenly stopped using peat, I didn't think of a good substitute, and I had been experimenting for more than a month until I heard from a flower friend that "coconut coir" worked well and could try it.
"Coconut coir is the coconut shell fiber powder, a by-product or waste of processed coconuts. It is a kind of pure natural organic medium that falls off during the processing of coconut shell fibers. The processed coconut coir is very suitable for cultivating plants." This is how Baidu explained it. Since there was a little peat left at home, I wanted to do a small experiment to see if coconut coir could replace peat soil.
Note: This experiment has no scientific basis and is not rigorous. It does not compare the advantages and disadvantages of peat and coconut coir, but only simply analyzes the growth situation of succulent plants. In addition, the soil I mixed at home now is mainly coconut coir.
Tip: Neither peat soil nor coconut coir has any fertility or fertilizer effect.
Both media only represent loose soil, and the particles still need to be added ~ Added the same proportion of perlite
All the cuttings used in the experiment are of the same variety, at the same time, of the same size, and with similar root systems
After planting, it is difficult to distinguish, but it is still easy to recognize carefully. As mentioned earlier, the peat soil has more lumps, while the coconut coir is finer. After watering, the coconut coir is easily washed under the white perlite, while the peat, although some of it is also washed under the perlite, the larger pieces remain.
In order to prevent the surface perlite from being blown away by the wind after the soil dries, some coarse sand particles were spread on the top layer. The maintenance environment is the same, all in a glass house with the same sunlight exposure.
【April 4, 2013】
After almost two months, the cuttings have changed a lot. Because it is still relatively cold in Weihai in April, the growth rate of the cuttings is significantly slower, and unfortunately, I have to tell you that a group of flower friends came and looted a lot of my experimental samples... Wolves are like this, they don't spare anything.
However, this does not affect the experimental results. Overall, using coconut coir to grow meat is not bad ~ If you look carefully at the two boxes of cuttings, you can find that the one on the left is greener, and the one on the right is more red. As mentioned before, it is not necessarily a bad thing for succulent plants to turn green, it means they are still growing.
Analysis was also made during the observation of growth. Because coconut coir is too fine, it dries faster than peat soil in the open air. Before each watering, I would find that the box with coconut coir is明显 lighter than the peat one, and the surface also dries faster than peat.
So when using the two different media, you can water them according to their characteristics. In fact, it's not that complicated, just water when it's dry.
【May 31, 2013】
Conclusion: Although the experiment time is short, using coconut coir to replace peat soil is completely fine.
In addition, there are some other soft media that can be used, such as grass charcoal soil, rice husks, etc., which are also good choices.
The above is [] about the experiment comparison of coconut coir replacing peat soil (with pictures and text), hoping to bring a little help to your life!