UK: Soft fruit growers stand to save through use of coir substrate

Over the past few decades, there has been a major shift from soil to soilless media in U.K. strawberry and raspberry production. With the phasing out of peat, coconut fiber (coir) has become the preferred substrate. Compared to field soils, coir helps growers produce consistently higher yields. However,…Original Article

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