Paul M. Cook wrote:

Any bad points? I have several peppers in coir pots at the moment. Do they
decompose quickly? I just replaced my sickly pepper with a new one and
noticed the coir pot had basically not even decomposed a little even after
being in the ground for 3 weeks.

these fibers come from coconuts.
coconuts can float in the water a
long time without decaying...

if there isn't a good reason for
leaving the coir around the pepper
plant i'd remove it.

chopped up it would probably make
an excellent amendment for clay or
a top mulch.

if i were on a tropical island i'd
set up a solar oven to char it and
then use the char to build more
topsoil.


songbird