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coir in sqare foot gardening
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Posted by rita_from_mb (My Page) on Tue, Feb 3, 09 at 20:49
| The perfect growing medium according to Mel for square foot gardening is 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 coarse vermiculite, and 1/3 compost. Has anyone ever used Coir instead of the peat moss? It is more environmentally friendly and compacted squares are easier to buy and put into the trunk. |
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RE: coir in sqare foot gardening
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| I too want the answer to this. I also want to add that since PVC is toxic and environmentally so reprehensible that it has been banned outright in certain European nations, instead of using PVC pipe for the supports for row covers on the boxes as Mel suggests, I found that PEX (crossed polyethylene) pipe does the same job, and is cheap and readily available at Home Depot, and much much less damaging to the world, in its production and endcycle. So, coir instead of peat, and PEX instead of PVC.
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