In reply to Rupert (W.Yorkshire) ) who wrote this in
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In reply to coirpith ) who wrote this in
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Coirpith, an eco-friendly growing medium

Coirpith is a waste material from the coir industry and is ideal
for gardening and horticultural needs. Coir pith is also known as
coco peat or coir dust. This homogenous material composed of
millions of capillary micro-sponges, absorb and hold water up to
eight times it's own weight.

Vayalar Coirpith Products is a leading producer and exporter of
coir pith products in South India . They produce coir pith blocks
and coir pith grow bags with low and high and high EC as per
client specifications.

That's nice. We could use it over here. How much carbon dioxide is
released into the atmosphere when you transport it thousands of
miles across the ocean?
Probably about the same amount as other things that *you* eat, wear
or use. We do not grow rice in Yorkshire (yet)

Yes. We have no bananas. Either.

I don't eat rice except with takeaway curry, as we don't grow it.
Yet. And I make a BIG point of not buying/eating anything we don't
grow. I think I'm alone :-)
So you do eat rice. BTW the rest of the curry probably has little or
no UK grown food. How do you extrapolate your anti foreign goods feelings
into other aspects of your life?

I don't have an anti-foreign-goods feeling, I have an
anti-releasing-carbon-dioxide-into-the-ozone-layer type of one.

The rest of the curry, BTW, has chicken tikka, various spices and such,
(admittedly which are not UK-grown but are in such lightweight quantities
that I let them through the net,) potatoes, and mushrooms. We grow them, and
I happen to know that Mr Curry gets his veg off Mr Greengrocer and Mr
Greengrocer tries as hard as he can to provide planet-friendly stuff, which
is why I use him.

And I /know/ I'm making the tiniest of differences, but I am proud to do
that /tiniest/ little bit.

And I recycle everything I can.

I wish more people did.