Coir pots.
Coir Pots are produced from husks that have grown, then used to grow plants in themselves before being finally returning to the soil! It's not only the environment that benefits from this natural production line - plants raised in coir pots enjoy air pruning (which encourages a thicker, stronger root system to develop), never get pot bound and suffer no root shock when planting. This is ideal for plants like courgettes which hate having their roots disturbed.
The pots remain stable above ground for a year and biodegrade in the soil after 6 weeks adding texture to the soil as they degrade. Coir pots can also be added to the compost heap as a valuable source of carbon (brown material).
Coir pots are available in a range of sizes and in quantities of 5 or 10.
Coir Pot Number |
Coir Pot size
(top x bottom x height in cm) |
With or without rim |
Price (+VAT) |
1 |
5.3 x 3 x 4.5 |
No rim |
£0.70 for 10 |
2 |
8.5 x 5.5 x 6 |
Rim |
£1.20 for 10 |
3 |
8 x 5.5 x 7.5 |
No rim |
£1.20 for 10 |
4 |
10.5 x 7 x 9 |
Rim |
£2.10 for 10 |
5 |
13.5 x 10 x 10 |
Rim |
£4.20 for 10 |
6 |
17 x 10 x 12.5 |
Rim |
£5.30 for 10 |
7 |
20 x 12 x 14 |
No rim |
£4.20 for 5 |
8 |
20 x 15 x 14 |
Rim |
£4.95 for 5 |
Minimum order is 30 pots and can be purchased along with your pallet order of growing media.
Coir grow-bags.
Coir grow-bags contain a coir brick, which when soaked in water, fills the grow bag it is delivered in. Coir is a natural waste product that provides a fibre base for plants to grow, encouraging thicker and stronger root systems to develop.
Coir grow-bags will support 3 to 4 plants per grow-bag and are available in two sizes.
Coir Grow-bag size
(L x W x H in cm) |
Price (+VAT) |
100 x 18 x 10 |
£1.98 |
100 x 18 x 16 |
£2.26 |
Minimum order is 3 grow-bags and can be purchased along with your pallet order of growing media.
Coir Briquettes.
By just adding water and stirring you can convert a 650g coir briquette into an approximate volume of 10 litres of coir fibre to use for a range of purposes.
Price of 15 x 650g coir briquettes is £4.50 (+VAT).
Minimum order is 15 briquettes and can be purchased along with your pallet order of growing media.
.Coir pots, grow-bags and briquettes are organic but are not approved by the Soil Association due to standards 5.1.15 & 5.2.16 (crops must be grown in land/soil).
Useful links
Charles Dowding website
Soil Association website
Grow Your Own Magazine
Garden Organic website
Natural England website
Calder Valley Organic Gardeners
West Yorkshire Organic Group
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