BUFFERED COCO PEAT

Buffering coco peat refers to the process of treating raw coco peat to reduce or eliminate excess salts, primarily sodium (Na) and potassium (K), that can interfere with plant growth. Buffering improves the quality of coco peat as a growing medium, making it more suitable for horticulture and agriculture.

Why Buffer Coco Peat?

1. High Salt Content: Raw coco peat often contains high levels of salts due to its exposure to saline water during production.
2. Cation Exchange: Coco peat naturally has a high cation exchange capacity (CEC), which means it holds onto salts like sodium and potassium. These salts can displace essential nutrients like calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) needed by plants.

Buffering Coco peat Process

1. Washing:

1. • Raw coco peat is soaked and flushed with fresh water to remove excess salts.
   • Electrical conductivity (EC) levels are monitored to ensure salts are adequately reduced.

2. Buffering:

1. • Coco peat is treated with a calcium nitrate (Ca(NO₃)₂) solution or similar buffering agents.
   • The calcium displaces sodium and potassium ions from the cation exchange sites.
   • The displaced salts are washed out with water.

3. Drying:

• • After treatment, the coco peat is dried to reduce moisture content for packaging and transport.

    

Benefits of Buffered Coco Peat

• Nutrient Availability: Ensures essential nutrients like calcium and magnesium are available for plants.
• Improved EC Levels: Reduces the risk of salt toxicity to plants.
• Consistent Quality: Provides a stable and predictable growing medium for horticultural applications.

Buffered coco peat at COCO HITECH

At COCO HITECH, we produce buffered coco peat for cannabis growing, the buffered coco peat will be compressed into block and packed in pallet so that it can be easily loaded to the container. Beside buffered coco peat, we also produce coco peat block 5 kg, open top coco peat bag, coir growing medium, coir pellet , coco growing bag. COCO HITECH are proud to be one of the Top coco peat manufacturer in Viet Nam.

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