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Can coconut bricks raise flowers?

Yes you can, coconut bricks, also known as coir bricks, is one of the natural soilless organic media, which can be used for soilless cultivation of flowers and economic plant products, as well as cultivation of seedlings, young plants and flowers. Coconut bricks made by high temperature and pressure treatment of compressed blocks, free of pests and diseases, clean, environmentally friendly, compression rate of 800-900%, a coconut brick about 8-9 liters of substrate can be formulated.

Coconut bricks are coconut shell on the sheer taken out of the fiber, processed through several procedures and made of high temperature and high pressure treatment made of compressed into the size of a brick, is a new type of lightweight planting substrate, suitable for balconies, rooftop planting of flowers, vegetables use. The advantage is that the material is very light, easy to use, moisturizing and breathable performance is good.

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Precautions for raising flowers with coconut bricks:

1, when used in conjunction with the soil, must pay attention to the nature of the soil, if the soil is sticky, can be used in small proportions of the configuration, and at the same time add loose and breathable media mix, such as charcoal briquettes, vermiculite, granular slow decomposition of organic matter, etc., do not use the sticky heavier soils and coconut soils in an approximate proportion of the same proportion of the direct mix, or else it is very easy to appear viscous, poor drainage , easy to form a waterlogged situation.

2, whether coconut bricks, or loose coconut flour, it is best to absorb enough water, continue to irrigate until the water discharged becomes light, close to the end of the water, which is conducive to the discharge of coconut soil in the residual salts, to ensure that does not affect the growth of flowers.

3, the water retention of coconut soil is very good, the use of watering should pay attention to the timing of watering and watering control, in general, the surface layer is dry does not mean that the internal has been dry, it is best to dig the soil along the edge of the pot to a certain depth, check the internal water content status, and then choose to water according to the specific circumstances of watering or a small amount of water to spray the wet surface to avoid the amount of water is too large, resulting in the plant futile or rotten roots.

4. Coconut bricks will settle more after a period of time, for some plants to pay attention to the root cultivation (if the root system is exposed, you need to cultivate the soil).

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