Coco and Pests?

Celestial · Apr 14, 2008

I love cooking with coconut and coconut-scented products so the idea of growing in coco really appeals to me. The only offputting thing I have discovered when researching this product is the problem of pests. Some of the info I've read seems to suggest that the pests originate within the coco itself. i have an extreme girly fear of any kind of crawly bug and as I'm growing indoors right next to a vent that leads to the outside, the last thing I'd want to do is encourage them into my home. Could anyone offer any advice/experience on this subject and particularly whether coco is more prone to attracting pests vs soil? Also, does it have a coconut smell?

Many thanks in advance for replies.

blackout · Jul 12, 2008

Celestial said:
I love cooking with coconut and coconut-scented products so the idea of growing in coco really appeals to me. The only offputting thing I have discovered when researching this product is the problem of pests. Some of the info I've read seems to suggest that the pests originate within the coco itself. i have an extreme girly fear of any kind of crawly bug and as I'm growing indoors right next to a vent that leads to the outside, the last thing I'd want to do is encourage them into my home. Could anyone offer any advice/experience on this subject and particularly whether coco is more prone to attracting pests vs soil? Also, does it have a coconut smell?

Many thanks in advance for replies.

use expensive coco coir not the cheap stuff ,i just find it better ,and fungas gnats seem to like it if it is damp all the time,i am using a more expesive brand of coco from oz and thus far have not had the fungas knat problems i did before ,i cant smell any coconut type smell , but then my sense of smell is stuffed , ido try to keep the surface as dry as i can and seems to help with the gnats :peace:

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