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Is coir compost really the way forward ?

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  • Great idea, @Slow-worm , but I can't see my neighbours going for it .... they just want to go to the shop to buy a bag of compost that works, doesn't cost a prince's ransom , and doesn't look like a wheelie-bin full of glass bottles fell into a threshing machine. :) 
    Come to think of it, that's what I want too.
    When there's always biscuits in the tin, where's the fun in biscuits ?
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I wondered if it was used a fair bit for fuel @Nollie, as there's one country in particular that uses a lot.  :/
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    The Irish used to run power stations on peat, but that has stopped
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    @Jenny_Aster I too saw the Polo mint programme but also couldn't figure out clearly what happened to the fibre.  It went thru so many processes and with the dreaded Greg whittering on at every opportunity, it was difficult to tell.
    I've watched many of the In The Factory programmes and find them quite fascinating - just wish they'd swap G for someone better tho  ;)
    Couldn't agree more, don't know why nearly everything on the TV has to be aimed at 10 year olds.
    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    If you've ever seen Morgana Robinson's impersonation of Mr Wallace, you'll struggle to ever look at him again without cringing, but also laughing out loud  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    My initial reaction to @bédé's scornful comment (about diversification of British Sugar) was annoyance.  "Let them get on with it their way" isn't exactly a helpful contribution to the conversation... but then I decided it would be good to find out exactly what British Sugar is doing with its waste products.  Ok, they don't make bagged compost for gardeners, but I found their list of "co-products" quite impressive.  If you're interested you can find it here:
    https://www.britishsugar.co.uk/about-sugar/our-factories

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    Thank you @Liriodendron - it's impressive https://www.britishsugar.co.uk/about-sugar/co-products

    Bit of a paradox, sugar is 100% carbs, eliminating carbs to almost zero from the diet of epilepsy sufferers appears to help, British Sugar helps produce CBD oil from cannabis plants to help epilepsy suffers.... guess this is life as we know it. It just amuses and reminds me of the 'chicken and egg' scenario - what came first? Epilepsy or CBD oil? Sorry I've strayed off topic  :#  

    Here's a great film and can recommend, purposely free on Youtube, staring Meryl Streep. Written by a film producer about his son's and family's experience when his son was diagnosed with epilepsy. Called 'First Do No Harm' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY9ZMGK5Hbs 

    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    I've been turned from being relatively pro coir to anti after reading this article. 

    Was thinking lack of germination, slow growing, dying off was due to me planting too early, lacking patience, wet conditions and even possibly slugs. It could all be down to using coir.

    Problems with Coir Based Compost Growing Medium


    https://www.allotment-garden.org/garden-diary/8225/problems-coir-compost/
    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
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