Coir source is important. Coir is also useful to deter snails from delicate plantings, and as a growing medium in intensive glasshouse (greenhouse) horticulture. Coconut coir from Mexico has been found to contain large numbers of colonies of the beneficial fungus "Aspergillus terreus", which acts as a biological control against plant pathogenic fungi. Coir is also used as a substrate to grow mushrooms. The coir is usually mixed with vermiculite and pasteurised with boiling water. After the coir/vermiculite mix has cooled to room temperature, it is placed in a larger container, usually a plastic box. Previously prepared spawn jars are then
Ryan (given name) Ryan (given name) Ryan is an English-language given name of Irish origin. It is primarily a male name. It comes from the Irish surname "Ryan". See Ryan (surname) for more information about the origins of the name. Popular sources typically suggest that "Ryan" means "little king" or "illustrious", although the original meaning of the name is obscure. For Ireland, information is available for 2005 and 2006, which shows a popularity rank of 10th and 14th, respectively, for use of "Ryan" as a male given name for newborn children. In Scotland of the 1990s, "Ryan" was the most popular forename for