We are excited to announce that we have procured a Coco Coir Processing Machine. Coco Coir is the inner husks of coconuts which has come on strong in the market in the last couple decades as a Peat Moss or Inert Media alternative. Their are varying grades of Coco Coir, from low grade dusts found in most products to longer fibers to varying chip sizes with macerated fibers (our favorite). Coco is known for excellent drainage and thus, great access to air/oxygen in the rhizosphere.
Coco Coir is most commonly shipped from the tropics, where it is produced, in compressed blocks, compressed four fold. This means that a 1/2 cubic foot block will expand to become 2 or more cubic feet of media. Traditionally, to decompress our block, we would soak them in clean water and then drain them like spaghetti. This process is labor intensive and if you need volumes of Coco like we do, quite time consuming.
Now with our new equipment, made in America, we will be able to process Coco with great speed and the design of the equipment is ever so gentle on the Coir fibers. This means that we can continue to provide the best value in retail, custom and contract mixed soils. If you are in the greater Denver or Colorado region and appreciate Coco as your grow media or media component, give us a ring, we now have the best values in processed Coco in the region.
Coco Coir is most commonly shipped from the tropics, where it is produced, in compressed blocks, compressed four fold. This means that a 1/2 cubic foot block will expand to become 2 or more cubic feet of media. Traditionally, to decompress our block, we would soak them in clean water and then drain them like spaghetti. This process is labor intensive and if you need volumes of Coco like we do, quite time consuming.
Now with our new equipment, made in America, we will be able to process Coco with great speed and the design of the equipment is ever so gentle on the Coir fibers. This means that we can continue to provide the best value in retail, custom and contract mixed soils. If you are in the greater Denver or Colorado region and appreciate Coco as your grow media or media component, give us a ring, we now have the best values in processed Coco in the region.