What is Coco Peat?

Coco peat (also known as coir, coir fibre or coconut fibre) is a natural growing media made from the husk of a coconut.

The coconuts themselves are used primarily for the food and cosmetics industries, the long fibres from the husks are used to make ropes and brushes among many other things, and the coir pith and shorter fibres are the bi-products that we use to make our products. Best Coco Peat Exporters in India.

Coco peat is a great sustainable alternative to other growing media and has excellent absorption properties so it can hold nutrients very well.

After production, the product is compressed into the required size and packaged ready for transport. On arrival at the final site, the grower can simply lay the compressed and dried products out and then rehydrate in-situ, avoiding the process and cost of moving wet coco peat.

Characteristics of Coco Peat

Coco peat is lignocellulosic in nature, brown colored, lightweight corky dust; particle size varies from 100-300 microns similar to peat moss. It has a porous structure. The pores are responsible for allowing good aeration around the roots of plants and retain water content in the pores for rewetting when dry.

Coco peat has readily available nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium suitable for plant growth. The organic matter content of soil/substrate is an indicator to its fertility and nutrient availability and Coco peat has a higher organic matter content as compared to peat mass. This leads to improvement in plant growth and production when Coco peat is added to the soil.

Chemical analysis reveals that Coco peat contains three major constituents-cellulose, hemi cellulose and lignin. Cellulose is a polymeric chain of anhydrous glucose units and exists mainly in crystalline form. Hemi cellulose is made up of mixed polymers of various pentose and hexose sugars and is amorphous in nature. Lignin is an amorphous polymer of phenyl propane, which surrounds the cellulose in the cell wall. Lignin exists in situ as large molecular weight component but indefinite in size.

Process of Coco Peat

The process that we call “buffering” involves soaking the washed coir pith in a calcium nitrate solution before flushing again with fresh water.

This gives a mix that has the unwanted salts removed, which if left in the substrate can be detrimental to young cannabis plants.

One of the main benefits of doing this in production, rather than on farm, is that growers can have peace of mind that all the particles are buffered equally across their growing area.

When done on farm via the irrigation system, there can be a risk that small parts of a bag or sector are not buffered the same as the surrounding, resulting in uneven plant growth.

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Coco Peat 5 Kg Blocks

  • 100 % Coco Pith.
  • 90 % Coco Pith & 10 % Short Fiber Mixed.
  • 80 % Coco Pith & 20 % Fiber Mixed.
  • 70 % Coco Pith & 30 % Fiber Mixed
  • 60 % Coco Pith & 40 % Fiber Mixed.
  • 50 % Coco Pith & 50 % Fiber Mixed.

 

Coco Peat 5 Kg Blocks

  • 90 % Fiber & 10 % Coco Pith Mixed
  • 80 % Fiber & 20 % Coco Pith Mixed.
  • 70 % Fiber & 30 % Coco Pith Mixed.
  • 60 % Fiber & 40 % Coco Pith Mixed.
  • 50 % Fiber & 50 % Coco Pith Mixed.

Coco Chips 5 Kg Blocks

  • 80 % Coco Pith & 20 % Coco Chips Mixed.
  • 70 % Coco Pith & 30 % Coco Chips Mixed
  • 60 % Coco Pith & 40 % Coco Chips Mixed.
  • 50 % Coco Pith & 50 % Coco Chips Mixed.
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