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Coir dust or cocopeat—a byproduct of the coconut

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This material, now being produced commercially in Puerto Rico, has value as a mulching, rooting, soilconditioning and seed-germinating medium.

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  1. Federal Experiment Station, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

    E. P. Hume

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Hume, E.P. Coir dust or cocopeat—a byproduct of the coconut. Econ Bot 3, 42–45 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859502

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