Cliff I have hanging baskets lined with coco husks. I also have a succulent in there...can't remember the name but I got it from treefrog, it has little red/orange flowers. It is doing very well. The only thing that has survived in those hanging baskets. I think it gets water from the sprinkler twice a week...I do know the soil stays very very dry. Hope this helps. Oh the hanging baskets are in full sun.

-- the only thing I know for sure about coco husk liners, is that the squirrels steal it by the huge mouthfull! For their nests, I guess. Had to bring my little staghorn fern into the lanai to save it. cora

Put the Jade in cactus soil. Forget the coco husks. They don't hold water and will rot away in a year or two.

I've made basket liners out of spanish moss before when I didn't want to spend money on the coco husks. I doubt the coco husks would be of any benefit in a solid container though.

I always put a piece of screening in the coco liner before I put in the dirt. It helps to hold the dirt.

The coco husks in the wire half moons on the left are just about a year old. The wire baskets are six years old, at least.

I love those baskets, Fawnridge. What do you have growing in them?

Bill

Tillandsia cyanea - They get misted twice a week from a pair of heads behind the column to the left. The front basket has a new bloom - pink. You can find these at HD and Lowes, cheap!

Thanks! I'll look for them. They're just the sort of thing I've been hoping to use for a wall planting.

Bill