Grow Coir
Regardless
of whether you think the world is quickly using up its supply of peat
moss or
whether or not you consider peat moss a renewable resource, there's a
substitute
for peat that you AND YOUR WORMS are going to like a heck of a lot
better. It is
quickly renewable, is already a surplus product, and works
beautifully.
Test after test has
shown that in every way it
is superior, or at least equal, to peat. But that's not the full story,
please
read on!
We're talking about
"Growcoir," (pronounced
grow-core). The "coir" part is the short name for coir fiber pith, the
residue
of the process that extracts the long fibers from coconuts. Those long
fibers
have been used for floor mats, basket liners, and lots of other things,
but
until recently, the residue was just tossed into piles. In Sri Lanka,
some of
those piles are a hundred years old! Tells you something about the
longevity of
Growcoir, doesn't it?
Growcoir acts very
much like peat and has a
high lignin content. Lignin is an organic substance that, with
cellulose, forms
the chief part of woody tissue. It is the lignin that provides the
longevity.
Growcoir is an organic material that breaks down very slowly. It holds
water and
nutrients beautifully. And it will not waterlog. PERFECT FOR YOUR WORM
BIN!
The Growcoir
briquette (brick) is compressed
8:1 and is designed perfectly for your Can-O-Worms bin (or any worm
bin). It
weighs 1.5 pounds (650gm). One brick expands to make between 2 to 2.5
gallons
worth of coir bedding material. Colorful packaging combined with
indefinite
shelf life, ease of handling, ease of storage, and ease of use recommend
it for
both the vermicomposter and the casual gardener.
Worms love Growcoir
as a bedding material in
their worm bin. This 100% organic material can also be used for
texturizing your
soil. It is a rooting medium in the greenhouse instead of perlite and
vermiculite. It is a soilless material for planting or a medium for
hydroponic
growing. You use it anywhere you would normally use peat moss, rockwool,
vermiculite, perlite, or pumice.
Like peat, the
material contains no nutrients.
Nutrients from the food you feed your worms can soak into the Growcoir.
The
resulting material is loaded with nutrients and ready to go. It holds
8-9 times
its weight of water and has a high nutrient-absorption capacity. These
characteristics make it an ideal soil amendment and worm bedding
material.
You'll be excited
with this new product. It
really is the BEST bedding material for your worms and we are proud to
be able
to offer it to you folks at a very fair price.
Key Benefits
- Growcoir is very easy to use.
- It has an indefinite shelf
life.
- 1 small Growcoir brick
expands to make 2 - 2.5 gallons of
bedding material
- It is superior for even water
distribution.
- It is easily re-wetted and
does not require a wetting
agent.
- It has a high water-holding
capacity with excellent
drainage.
- It has a very acceptable pH,
cation exchange capacity and
electrical conductivity.
- It is a 100% organic
renewable resource with no chemical
compounds.
- There are no ecological
drawbacks to its use.
- AND WORMS LOVE IT!!!
