Propagating plants in sand or the more traditional water ... and a bit of coconut coir. Place enough vases or jars inside the pot close enough to each other that they won't tip over.

Remove the lower leaves and stick the stem in moist coarse sand or a perlite-peat (coir) mix. Water and keep it in a cool, bright location. When rooted, pot up the new plant in a soil mixture ...

USES Curiosity plants for keen collectors ... perlite and chunks of coir that stays moist but drains freely. PROPAGATION Seed, cuttings POTENTIAL PROBLEMS Slow to get going, but extremely ...

An Indian-Malaysian group of scientists has conducted a review of several passive cooling techniques applied to PV modules and has found that two systems, based on coir pith and plants ...