re: coconut blocks
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: re: coconut blocks
- From: J*@prodigy.com ( DALE NEIL)
- Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 14:55:46, -0500
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> Date: Friday, 03-Apr-98 04:27 PM
>
> From: Vbouffard \ America On-Line: (vbouffard)
> I haven't used the blocks of coconut fiber, but I tried something
called "Magic
> Earth" from Wal-Mart, which I think uses coconut fiber instead of
peat
. I used
> it to pot up some rooted cuttings of coleus and impatiens and they
simply did
> not do well. Pelargonium cuttings did marginally all right. I
finally
Hi Vivian,
I just looked at Magic Earth yesterday. I admit that it is hard to
tell
what they use for the peat substitute but the way I read the label,
it
sounds like it is shredded fir tree bark. (It says forest byproducts
so.
....) It also has a number of chemical plant food additives which
might
or might not make a difference as to how your cuttings root in it.
Some
cuttings get alittle burned when rooting in soil with chemical
additives
until they are more established. I think it depends on the what
compounds are used.
I've tried the Coco peat to root cuttings and found the results very
encouraging . I have heard from someone in Australia who says over
there
, they have found the coco peat product has to much salt in it which
was
used in the processing of the pressed brick but I don't think that
applies over here in the states.
Dale Neil
Zone 5, Rock Island, Ill.
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