Daltons Coir
Best for consistently superior growth. Daltons Coir is a high-quality, versatile media produced from the husks of coconuts.
Coco Coir is ideal for growing hydroponic vegetable and flower crops, enhancing your potting mixes or providing natural solutions for your landscaping needs. Daltons has become a market leader in the supply of high-quality Coir throughout New Zealand and commercial greenhouse growers widely use it in the hydroponic production of crops. A number of leading potting mix manufacturers to add to coir to enrich their media. Also, using coir textiles for weed suppression and erosion control is a popular choice in the landscaping industry.
Substrate Quality
With comprehensive quality control systems in place during processing at our facility in Sri Lanka, you can be confident that Daltons will provide you with consistent, high-quality coco coir. All Daltons Coir products are produced from sustainable and renewable resources. The well-planned cultivation and maintenance of Sri Lanka’s coconut plantations ensure the future sustainability of the Daltons Coir products.
Coir Grades
Available in a Gropac/Grobag. Purpose-made, plastic-wrapped compressed slabs which have been UV-treated. Options as indicated below.
Precision
Precision is produced from coir pith and has been screened to remove the longer fibres. Precision is the finest of our range and is ideal for propagation, seedlings and cell tray applications.
Profit
Profit is produced from the complete coconut husk which is cut into a medium size chip, crushed and then buffered to give the grower a very stable, ready-to-use substrate for vegetable and ornamental plants for example gerberas. As Profit has been buffered, the run-off discolouration is minimal.
Classic
Classic is produced from coir pith which has been screened leaving some longer fibres to increase the air in the substrate. Classic is ideal for growing many vegetable crops or as an additive to potting mixes.
Crush
Crush is produced from the complete coconut husk which is cut into a medium size chip and crushed. Crush can be used for most hydroponic crops because of the uniformity of chip size, which allows for better water management and steer ability of crops, particularly in the winter months.
Power
Power is produced from 70% Profit and 30% Classic, giving you the benefits of additional air and water holding capacity. Power is ideal for sensitive crops which require good aeration, perfect for roses and vegetable crops.
