Coco-fibre Planting Tips:
1. Do not remove any of the coco pot from
the root ball (bottom, sides, or rim), to
reduce planting stress on the root system
2. Dig the planting hole wide enough to
allow any penetrating roots to be spread
outward (not pushed up or down against
the edges of the hole). A hole that is
twice the diameter of the pot should be
sufficient.
3. Dig the planting hole only as
deep as the level of the soil
media in the coco pot. With the
blade of your shovel measure
the height of the soil media in
the pot, then dig the hole to
that same depth. The key here
is that the soil level in the pot
and the soil level of the ground
are the same.
4. Cover the soil media of the pot
with a thin layer of soil from
the planting hole, to reduce
wicking of ground moisture up
through the peat-based soil
media of the pot. If desired,
also cover protruding pot rims,
however this is not necessary.
Field tests have consistently
shown that no upward wicking
of ground moisture occurs
through coco fibre.
2015