I am contemplating buying pure cocopeat to use as potting soil. Regular potting soil prices have sky rocketed and cocopeat is way cheaper. Me being a cheapskate, price is somewhat of an important factor.
However, I've occasionally used one of those cocopeat slabs and my experience has been as soil, it dries out within the blink of an eye. Do I mix it with something else? And if so, what are your experiences or recommandations? I have some vermiculite and compost still that I could use. Would a mix of those suffice? Or better use something else?
And how about fertilizing? The cocopeat has nothing in that regard. I have some liquid fertilizer and solid feetilizer like vinassekali, blood and bone meal. Do you add it to the potting mixture at the start? How much? I'd hate to kill my babies at this stage.
However, I've occasionally used one of those cocopeat slabs and my experience has been as soil, it dries out within the blink of an eye. Do I mix it with something else? And if so, what are your experiences or recommandations? I have some vermiculite and compost still that I could use. Would a mix of those suffice? Or better use something else?
And how about fertilizing? The cocopeat has nothing in that regard. I have some liquid fertilizer and solid feetilizer like vinassekali, blood and bone meal. Do you add it to the potting mixture at the start? How much? I'd hate to kill my babies at this stage.