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How to make Cocopeat at home easily

Cocopeat and Coconut coir

Homemade Coco-Peat from scratch. Fun activity.

Steps to get coco-peat:

Step 1: Collect coconut husks and using de-husker tear it into 1 inch pieces(making it small will be easier to beat n soak).

Step 2: Beat the outer skin of the 1 inch husks so that the water will be absorbed into the harder outer skin.

Step 3: Pour water into a a cement tank or bucket n put the beaten husks to soak for 2 days. You will see the change in the colour of water after few hours like dark brown colour. Cover the bucket/cement tank with cloth/news paper so that mosquitoes won't breed in it.

Step 4: After 2 days take out the husks n squeeze out the excess water.

Step 5: Now place the husks on the flat ground n using hammer beat well like I shown in the pic.

Step 6: Now It'll be easier to pull the husks back n forth. U can see the peat separating from the coir. After few min u will get peat fully separated from the coir.

Step 7: Remove coir from the Peat n save it.

WARNING:
If you guys are suffering from hand pain or any form of arthritis please don't try this at home.

Pictorial representation of collecting Cocopeat from coconut husks at home

Coconut Husks

Stripped into 1 Inch Pieces

Lightly beaten before soaking

Soaking a container filled with fresh water

Husks after soaking

Easy to beat using Hammer

Coco peat and fibre before separation

Cocopeat and Fibre after separating

cocopeat and coir from the whole lot

Bigger coco peat

Powdered, Well soaked coco peat

Thanks for coming by. Do share it with your friends. 

My first Taste of Strawberries............

This is the first time I'm tasting STRAWBERRIES!!. It tastes bit like a plums with little sweet to me.

Store bought Strawberries

My mother bought these fresh (Not so) today. I wanted to taste strawberries and check how it tastes compared to store bought strawberry flavored chocolates. Actually it's not, it tastes like a plum with  little sweet and sour flavour to it. I have read on many online articles that we can actually grow strawberries from seeds that too from store bought one. So I plucked some seeds from two berries which are dark and reddish compared to other berries. Plucking seeds from strawberries must be difficult one, it took a lot of time but you can get full seeds without any damage to them.  Another method to get seeds is by adding it to a mixer with a cup of water and pulse it three to  four times and strain it with strainer. After that you can left it muslin cloth or paper towel to dry completely. I plucked some by poking it with toothpick and then by simply taking the outer layer of the berries and mash it with your fingers. After that I drained the seeds by washing it off with water to remove the skin and the pulp. 

This is how the strawberry seeds look............

I'm going to dry them tonight and will try to get them germinate by following some methods. Will post all the methods I have tried. Stay tuned!!!!!!

First Post!!!!!!!Excited to get going!!!!!!!!

Hello Everyone,

Myself Mohanapriya from Coimbatore, India. Here I am going to share my experience on how and when to plant particular seeds and plants in Coimbatore. I have been fond of growing plants from seeds as of late. As a result of that I've started to sow whatever seeds I have in hand and begin to take note of how they actually growing everyday. Watch this space friends!!!!!!!