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Coir Husk Chips
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Using Coir Husk Chips as an additive in potting mixtures creates a growing medium with the ideal physical properties. The chips can absorb water and yet leave enough air available for sensitive plants such as Gerberas and Orchids.

The qualifications of Husk Chips are very high; not only should the EC (electrical conductivity) be low, the material must be easy to process and must not decompose too quickly. Thanks to our knowledge of potting mixtures and other growing media, Dutch Plantin is able to produce Husk Chips that meets the following demands:

Coir Husk Chips Advantages:

  • Coir husk chips are irregular shapes cut from coconut husk
  • Chips available in different sizes
  • Chips used as individual growing medium
  • It is also can be mixed with cocopeat and fibre
  • It improves air porosity in medium
  • It also control water retention

Different Husk Chip sizes:

  • S (Small) : 12 – 18 mm
  • SS(Supper Small) : 6 – 12 mm
  • SSS (Superior Supper mall) : 1 – 6 mm

Washed Husk Chips 5Kg Block Specifications:

  • Dimension : 30 x 30 x 15cm (12” x 12” x 6”)
  • Unit Weight : 5 kg (11 lbs.)
  • EC : < 0.5 ms/cm
  • Testing method 1:1.5
  • pH : 5.5 – 6.5
  • Moisture : 15 to 20%
  • Sieve Mesh : 6mm or 12 mm
  • Volume : 60 lts per block (2 cu ft.)

Unwashed Husk Chips 5Kg Block Specifications:

  • Dimension : 30 x 30 x 15cm (12” x 12” x 6”)
  • Unit Weight : 5 kg (11 lbs.)
  • EC : < 3 ms/cm
  • Testing method 1:1.5
  • pH : 5.5 – 6.5
  • Moisture : 15 to 20%
  • Sieve Mesh : 6mm or 12 mm
  • Volume : 60 lts per block (2 cu ft.)

Load ability:

  • Bulk / Floor Loading : 4400 blocks per 40 HC
  • Pallet Loading : 4000 blocks per 40ft HC
  • No of pallets : 20 per 40ft HC
  • 1 pallet : 200 blocks
  • 20 pallets : 4000 blocks per 40ft HC