What is Cocopeat?
Cocopeat is a naturally occurring from coconut husks. It is very useful top plants, and it has many benefits to the soil. Cocopeat boost plant productivity and increases soil fertility. For more information visit http://servicejournals.weebly.com/4/post/2012/12/a-distinct-use-of-coconut-husk-coco-peat.html
Coco Peat also known as coir pith is made from coconut husks, which are byproducts of other industries that use coconuts. Coir waste from coir fiber industries is washed, heat-treated, screened and graded before being processed into Coco Peat Products of various granularity and denseness. Coco peat are useful for horticultural and agricultural applications and as industrial absorbent.
If you’ve ever read any Western gardening articles, chances are you’ve come across the term peat moss or sphagnum peat. This is essentially the base ingredient of most potting mixes from other countries where peat bogs are found. To this base, many other materials are added such as compost, minerals, vermiculite etc. in carefully balanced proportions to come up with a good potting mix. In recent years, however, it was realized that harvesting peat was detrimental to the environment so horticulturists looked for alternative materials and found the answer in our region of the world in the form of coir dust — or pulverized coconut fiber. To make the transition to the new material easier for seasoned gardeners, the term ‘cocopeat’ was coined to refer to what really is nothing more than coir or coconut dust. It has absolutely no peat in it and is really only powdered coco fiber, hence its local name — bunot.
