They will disintegrate into tiny particles over time. Where does the peat come from that the pots are made from? Does it decompose? How about peat bogs? I was under the assumption that the reason to use peat pots was that you could plant the plant and the pot into the garden without disturbing the plant roots, so why take the plant out of the peat pot and put it into the compost bin. Why not just use plastic?
It could be a comment on the quality of their seeds, 'Don't hang about waiting for germination, simply sling in the compost heap after planting'
Not me. They do not rot fast enough for me to plant peat potted plants into the garden and it can restrict root growth. I can tear the bottoms up but the lateral growth gets peat-jacked so I cut them off totally. At least I do not have stacks of peat pots the way I have stacks of plastic pots from previous years. I like some plastic pots for new starts but beyond that I prefer a early failure material like peat. I would love to get some poo pots but never see them for sale.
I stopped using peat years ago due to the slowness of roots being able to grow through the peat. I have actually dug up large pieces of peat containers I planted 2 and 3 years prior. I only use plastic now. Many of the seed catalogues sell the poo pots and coir pots but for me they are just too expensive. Here, hardware stores usually sell the poo pots but so far I haven't seen the coir pots. But, they are too pricey too and I can use plastic for 3 or 4 years without them coming apart.
Yes, I have. Some were given to me as a gift. They are worse than the pots.
