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Lifted dahlia tubers laid in a tray of dry coco coir on a potting bench in a garden shed

How to Store Dahlia Tubers Over Winter (in Coco Coir)

Lift after the first frost, dry upside down, pack in barely damp coco coir and keep cool, dark and frost-free until March....

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Hyacinth bulbs being planted in a bowl of coco coir bulb fibre on a wooden table

Coco Coir as Peat-Free Bulb Fibre: Hyacinths, Paperwhites and Amaryllis Indoors

Bulb fibre is a light, low-nutrient medium for bulbs in bowls — and coco coir is what peat-free versions are built on....

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Gardener working a sand and coco coir top dressing into a scarified UK lawn with a stiff broom

Peat-Free Lawn Top Dressing: Recipe, Rates and How to Apply It

A peat-free lawn top dressing recipe (sandy loam, sharp sand and coco coir), how much to use per square metre, when to...

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Gloved hand pressing a damp coco coir and grass seed mix into a bare patch in a UK lawn

How to Repair Bare Patches in a Lawn (and Make Your Own Lawn Repair Mix)

Fix bare patches in a lawn the way the branded kits do — grass seed under a thin cover of coco coir...

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Hands mixing brown coco coir with white perlite granules in a black trug on a potting bench

Coco Coir and Perlite Mix: The Best Ratio and How to Make It

The best coco coir and perlite ratio for pots, seedlings, hydroponics and succulents — 70:30, 80:20 or 50:50 — plus how to...

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Fine coco peat pith and coarser coconut coir fibre side by side on a potting bench with a compressed coir brick behind them

Coco Coir vs Coco Peat: Are They the Same Thing?

Coco coir and coco peat are the same coconut-husk growing medium — the names differ by region and product form. Here's the...

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Gloved hands forking fluffy coco coir into dark garden bed soil with a garden fork

Adding Coco Coir to Soil: How Much, When and Why

How much coco coir to add to garden soil: ratios for sandy soil, clay, raised beds and containers — plus a 10-minute...

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Biodegradable coco coir seed pots with young seedlings on a greenhouse potting bench

Coco Pots: The Biodegradable Seed Pot Guide (UK)

Coco pots (coir pots) explained: how biodegradable seed pots work, how to use them without drying out, and what to fill them...

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