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Coco Coir Grow Bags Can Take Your Hydroponics Greenhouse Vegetables to a Whole New Level

Author: Rio Coco
by Rio Coco
Posted: Jul 18, 2021

If you are a gardener or hydroponic grower with limited space, or if you grow in a greenhouse, then you are likely familiar with coco coir grow bags. Whether you make your own or buy coir grow bag that is sold by a reliable company, then you can rest assured the grow bags can offer you numerous advantages that you would not get by planting in traditional pots.

However, using coco coir grow bags can take your gardening to a whole new level. Using coco coir as a growing medium has been growing in popularity. To understand why coco coir products are a popular growing medium and traditional growing medium amendment, it is necessary to understand what coir is.

Coco coir can help facilitate plant growth & strengthen your plants’ roots

Coconut Coir aka coco coir is the fibrous part of coconut husks. It is nothing but a waste product of coconut harvesting. Traditionally, coco coir has been used to make ropes or burned to be added to fertilizer. Of late, studies have shown that coconut coir has many practical uses for gardening as well as erosion control. It has biodegradability, nutrient-richness, and water retention abilities that make coco coir an ideal choice for many hydroponic growers.

It is widely used for landscaping as well as agricultural projects. Coco coir grow bags made of coir filled with high quality coir can help facilitate plant growth and strengthen your plants’ roots. In general, coir grow bags offer superior functionality over traditional plastic and clay pots. The best thing is with their porous exterior surface, coir grow bags have superior ventilation, temperature control, and water drainage abilities.

Coco coir Grow Bags allow the roots to grow freely

The next best thing is if you are using coco coir grow bag constructed from coir fiber, and whether the coir fiber is the primary component of your growth medium, your plants will be well-hydrated and would not be in danger of being overwatered. Coir grow bags come with either a pre-blended growth medium or a dehydrated coir block. These bags will need to be rehydrated before use.

Coconut coir bag is reusable resource that will help plants germinate for years. Once it starts to decompose, coco coir can be used as a natural fertilizer to add nutrients to your traditional growing medium. As a matter of fact, the coir fiber, as a totally biodegradable material, leave behind no waste!

Re-potting or transplanting is very easy with coco coir grow bags

If you want to re-pot or transplant then look no further than coco coir grow bags. Simply dig and transplant the whole coco coir pot into the ground or re-pot it in a big container, sans the hassle of coiling and tangling of roots. The pot will disintegrate all by itself. Isn’t this easy?

Actually, the texture of the coir grow bags allows the water and air to penetrate quickly. Because of this, the roots of hydroponics vegetables can breathe, and there is no concussion of roots. Coir also helps in the diffusion of water and air, which helps the roots, to permeate the walls of the pots with complete ease.

Last, but certainly not least, the pH value of coir is neutral i.e. between 5.2 and 6.8. Thus, coco coir grow bags are ready to use for most plants without adding lime. Nutritionally, coco coir is rich in potassium, iron, manganese, copper and zinc. So, if you are growing hydroponically, you can consider using these grow bags or RIOCOCO starter block which is 100 percent organic propagation media helps to grow faster and produce healthy plants.
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Established in 2002, RIOCOCO is one of the major Coconut growing media manufacturers from Sri Lanka.

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