Just thought I’d share the unusual new plant pots that I’m trialling. They’re from the Hairy Pot Plant Company. The pots are made from organically grown coconuts specifically the outer husk fibre (coir fibre) which is the main waste product of the coconut farms. Apparently plants grown in these pots are healthier and stronger and have a better root system. They do need to be watered in a slightly different way though. Once your plants are established or if you have purchased the pots with plants already in them (there’s many choices available on the company’s website) the whole pot can be planted straight into the ground where it will gradually rot away. There’s lots more information here.
It will be interesting to see the difference between plants grown in these pots compared to the usual plastic ones and I will write about my experiences later in the year.
If anyone has tried these, feel free to share your experiences in the comments section below.
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I saw some of those in use in the shop at Abbotsbury Subtropical Garden - I’ll be interested to see how you get on with them.
Just discovered these a few weeks ago when trawling the net for a specific plant. Loved Harry’s eco-friendly outlook and intrigued by the hairy pot concept, so have already had two orders of perrenials in. Amazing, absolutely no transplant shock at all and they’re just carrying on as if nothing has happened. The latest experiment is the modules (tiny pots, of which I can get 32 into a standard seed tray) which I am putting biennial and perennial seeds into, and the minipots (next size up) which I shall use for cuttings and small plants not thriving in their current location. In both cases there won’t be any intermediate stage involved - just plant out the whole thing when ready.
Should work a whole lot better than peat pots, which I have tried in the past. Quite often they would prove almost as impenetrable to roots as are plastic pots - something that shouldn’t happen with coir.