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Product 02

Coco Blocks

Compressed 5 kg blocks that open out to around 70 litres of substrate.

Coir drying at the processing yard in Sri Lanka

Overview

The workhorse of coir growing. Coco peat is screened, washed, dried and pressed into dense 5 kg blocks: economical to ship and simple to store, then expanded on site with water into a fresh, airy growing medium.

Coco Blocks — coir substrate
Washed, buffered coco peat — the same material in every Verdanza product, prepared to suit the format.

Ideal for

  • Potting and container mixes
  • Nursery and propagation compost
  • Soil conditioning and landscaping
  • Blending with your own media

Qualities

  • Low-EC washed or buffered grades
  • Fine, medium and coarse screenings
  • High water-holding with generous air space
  • Clean and free from soil and weed seed

Specification

Typical specification.

Every order is produced to the buyer’s own requirement. These figures show our typical range — ask us for a specification sheet for your crop.

Weight
5 kg (also 650 g bricks)
Size
30 × 30 × 12–15 cm
Expansion
Approx. 65 – 75 litres per block
EC
Below 1.0 mS/cm (washed) · below 0.5 (buffered)
Compression ratio
Approx. 5 : 1
Packing
Palletised or loose-loaded into 20 ft and 40 ft containers.

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Samples & specifications

Tell us what you grow.
We’ll make the substrate to suit.