How to Transfer from Coco Coir to the Soil

Coco coir comes from the fibrous inner layer of the coconut husk. It's used in gardening much the same way as peat moss to provide a soilless, sterile planting medium. This compressed material is excellent for making seedling and transplant pots, and the pots are often filled with coir-based planting mediums. The fibrous pots allows for ample water drainage and the decompose in the soil, so there is no need to disturb the roots of a tender seedling. Transferring the young plant from the coconut coir pot and planting medium into the soil of the garden bed correctly encourages further healthy growth.

Things You'll Need

Tray

Trowel

Instructions

- 1
  Fill a shallow tray with 1 inch of water. Set the coir pots holding the seedlings in the tray and leave them to absorb the moisture for 30 minutes or until the sides of the pot and planting medium are thoroughly moistened.
- 2
  Tear the rim off the top of the pot so the top edge of the pot is even with the planting medium inside. Coir wicks moisture away from the seedling if the rim of the pot sits above the surrounding soil level.
- 3
  Dig the planting hole to the same depth as the pot, but make the hole twice as wide.
- 4
  Set the pot inside the planting hole. Add or remove soil beneath the pot until the rim of the pot sits level with the surrounding soil in the bed.
- 5
  Fill in the hole around the coir pot with garden soil. Cover the rim with a thin 1/8-inch to 1/4-inch layer of soil. Firm the soil around the newly planted seedling gently with your hands.

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