How to make coco peat from coconut
If you do gardening, terrace farming or kitchen gardening on a small scale, then you can use dry coconut shells as coco peat manure. Coco peat is an artificial fertilizer prepared from coconut husk and manure. Coco peat is a kind of soil substitute which is used as soil in pots. The special thing is that pots with soil become heavy but pots with coco peat are very light and many types of indoor plants can be planted in them. You can easily prepare coco peat manure at home too. So from next time, instead of throwing away coconut shells, make coco peat manure from it. This will keep your plants green.
How to Prepare Coco Peat Compost?
Although coco peat is easily available in the market, but if you want to make coco peat at home, then we are telling you the method of making it. By following some steps, you can prepare coco peat fertilizer for your plants very easily and in a very short time.
- For this, first of all collect all the coconut shells and keep them in a clean place and keep them in the sun for three-four days.
- Now cut the peels into small pieces using scissors and then put these peels in a grinder mixer and grind them well.
- Grind the peels until it becomes a powder. After grinding, mix water in the prepared powder and mix it. Now leave it like this for 2-3 hours.
- After some time, when this powder absorbs water properly, squeeze it. This will remove the extra water and your coco peat compost will be ready.
Benefits of applying coco peat fertilizer to plants
- Many essential nutrients are found in the outer fibrous shell of coconut, which are very helpful in the growth of plants.
- If you do not get enough soil to put in a pot, you can fulfill your gardening hobby through coco peat.
- Coco peat can be prepared at home very easily. Along with small indoor plants, herbs like coriander and mint can also be planted in it.
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