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Kakabeka Falls,On. Canada.

I found these 6 inch coconut fibre pots and was wondering if anyone has experimented using them. Completely biodegradable , and looks like the roots would grow through them pretty fast!

4/26/2014 10:09:11 AM

Jericho Vermont

I used them a few years back and planted them direct into the patch. In the fall I dug the pots up and they were still not broken down at all. I didn't use them the next year. Maybe other growers have had better luck.
John

4/26/2014 12:16:12 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

NOOOO they are terrible...

4/26/2014 1:21:57 PM

British Columbia, Canada

They are pretty good. depends on which ones you buy though.

4/26/2014 1:35:05 PM

Hinckley MN

With any peat/ coco/ cow pot make sure you make 10 - 20 extra holes in the sides and bottom so the roots can grow through freely.

4/26/2014 1:40:01 PM

Waterville, Ohio

Not worth a damn in my opinion. Once you handle them they begin to break apart and are slow to decompose. I also didn't like the idea of trying to tear them apart for transplanting.

4/26/2014 2:19:05 PM

BC, Canada

Yesterday I was transplanting some things in little cocoa starter pots. I was surprised by the extend of circling the roots had done in the pot without braking through. Which is why I started working on them as I had expected to see roots coming out the bottoms and hadn't. Loose cocoa coir has great properties for air/water retention but the pots may be too compressed to work well with out being broken up. So, yeah, break those suckers up a bit when you plant them out.

4/26/2014 2:24:46 PM

Kakabeka Falls,On. Canada.

Thanks for the feed back everyone! I will keep using what's been working for me for 15 years. Ice cream containers!

4/26/2014 4:45:01 PM

Princeton Kentucky

I've bought them at the end of the season when they go on clearance for the sole purpose of shredding them and adding them to seed starter mix and potting soils the following season. They are good for adding oxygen to the starting mix but they don't seem to let the roots through very well in my opinion.

4/26/2014 6:30:52 PM

Muddy Waters

Yes I agree with Linus I wouldnt plant in kind of pot that decomposes it will tie up your nutrients & could lead to funky stump diseases.

4/26/2014 8:32:30 PM

Kakabeka Falls,On. Canada.

Thank you😄

4/26/2014 9:25:06 PM

Kakabeka Falls,On. Canada.

Don't know what that was about???
But Thank you!

4/26/2014 10:30:15 PM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

I have seen coconut fiber mats used for erosion control. They are supposed to last 2 to 3 years.

4/26/2014 10:54:15 PM

Central Illinois

this may be a stupid idea, but if you watered biodegradable pots from the outside, maybe dunk the pot into bowl of water, or sprayed the outside of it, would the roots want to pass through the walls sooner.

May be do this a few days before transplanting, I dont use them have always heard they restrict roots

4/27/2014 10:53:42 AM

Bristol R.I. USA

Those pots aren't worth using. Don't bother.

4/27/2014 11:56:05 AM

aurora, IL

The pots do brake down in the soil after planting, but you need to keep the soil wet.

4/30/2014 11:22:15 PM