Ever wondered how and where these coir pots come from? Read on...

Coming from what would be the unused husks of coconuts, our coir fibre is a totally renewable, and constantly renewed, natural resource.
Naturally growing coconut palms actually help reduce C02 emissions - try saying that about an oil well !

The coir pots, pressed into shape by the friendly people of Sri Lanka (we try to get most of them from a village women’s co-operative in the south of the country),
come to you on scheduled ships, and happily biodegrade when you plant them, and so a natural resource returns back to your soil.

Other benefits include healthy air pruned roots, no root binding, no need to twiddle the roots when you plant so no root shock - and they just look and feel so right !
They last about 12 months above ground, and about 6 weeks when planted. We say ‘about’ as they are natural products, with a lot of hand crafting about them.

The coir is dried in the sun, sprayed with natural organic latex, rolled flat (remember the mangle your Grandmother used to use) then pressed into shape before being trimmed by hand - then begins the journey leading back to the soil.

Plant these coir pots directly into the ground, there is absolutely no waste - you are just giving something back, letting that old natural cycle take over.
‘Renewable resource’ in modern jargon - we just think, as with everything we offer here, we are putting something back that we have just borrowed.

The organic natural Jute bag we package them in has a myriad of uses in the garden, and of course - after a couple of years - you can then compost it.

Remember, pot bound plants never quite recover.