When I get my Bluestone plants I always take that coir pot off gently..I just can't get them to do well with that thing on it..If you don't get it way below the soil line it just sucks up the moisture in the lip of the coir and the plants do without..I love the packaging that Bluestone uses and have thought about letting them know I don't like those coir things but so far I haven't told them. they are awfully proud of those pots so I just use my method and go on about my business.
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