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Barb_FL · August 18, 2019

So how are you coir growers doing?

My season will be starting shortly. Over the summer, I bought a bunch of stuff to experiment with on the new season.

On the coir, I left the 2 Earthboxes that I expanded in May outside since and we have had a ton of rain.

What I can say, is there is basically no weeds, On the two earthboxes, there may be 2 tiny diameter 1" weeds. whereas my peat based potting mix (earthboxes, root pouches) that I never finished removing / solarizing is full of weeds.

I'm going to solarize the remaining in the black 3 Mil bags instead of the better clear ones, just to make sure the weeds die.

August 18, 2019	#55
Barb_FL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Indialantic, Florida Posts: 2,000	UPDATING OLD POST So how are you coir growers doing? My season will be starting shortly. Over the summer, I bought a bunch of stuff to experiment with on the new season. On the coir, I left the 2 Earthboxes that I expanded in May outside since and we have had a ton of rain. What I can say, is there is basically no weeds, On the two earthboxes, there may be 2 tiny diameter 1" weeds. whereas my peat based potting mix (earthboxes, root pouches) that I never finished removing / solarizing is full of weeds. I'm going to solarize the remaining in the black 3 Mil bags instead of the better clear ones, just to make sure the weeds die.