Formerly, coconuts were only used to get coconut water or coconut rice (copra) and the rest were considered waste products. All materials from the shell to the inner layers were discarded. However, we will probably surprise you because up to now, they actually have many valuable in daily life

• Application of Coconut roots are used to make dyes. In addition, it is a raw material produce some special medicines

• Coconut tree trunks (also known as coconut poles) are used in irrigation works. Coconut tuber on the stem is also a well-known dish.

• With Coconut leaves are raw materials to make a number of utensils, namely brooms, baskets, etc., or roofs

• The Coconut rice (copra) and coconut water are ingredients for food and drink processing, which is great for health
• Coconut shells are resources in the production of handicrafts or fuels and so on.

Coconut shell is the only familiar material that people know about, especially its application. Even now, coconut fiber is kind of popular, but where is it made from or how does it work? or any related questions always make us curious about it.

So What is Coco Coir?

Nowadays, traditional soils are increasingly polluted with heavy metals, resulting in nutrient deficiency, coco coir mulch is the type of soil that people are getting more and more. There are many alternative names for coco coir, which are cocopeat or coir pith.

They all include the dust and the coconut fiber extracted from the coconut shell. This is an organic substrate from coconut shells that can replace the traditional soil without harming the environment. Recently, coco coir is widely used in many fields, especially high-tech agriculture.

Cocopeat has become a universal growing medium, horticulture in greenhouses, nurseries, or hydroponic. Furthermore, cocopeat is normally used in husbandry and seed production.

The Origin of Coco Coir

The coconut coir was first used in Western countries from the 1980s, a period before which people used “peat” (or peat moss) as a substrate mainly for cultivation. At that time, coco coir was rediscovered as a turning point, not yet popular and prevalent since people literally did not know how to process them to get the best effect. Hence, the quality was still low back then.

Manufacturing of Coco Coir

• The decisive factor for the product quality of EnvironSoil is based on a coconut shell. After purchasing from growers, coconut shells are processing until they are dry and turn golden brown.  EnvironSoil works with strategic manufacturing partners to deliver quality Coco Coir in the USA Market.

• A qualifies coconut shell is put into the blender to extract cocopeat (coconut powder) and coconut fiber.

• Coconut fiber and cocopeat are processing several times through freshwater to flush out the acrid as well as change the pH and EC to the standard levels. There are many areas that use saline water to flush out the coconut fiber and cocopeat; hence the cost of the products will be cheaper. However, this would negatively affect the crops, which is not good.

• Cocopeat and coconut fiber are dried to handle moisture to the required levels of customers. Besides, our partner has heat treatment at high temperature to thoroughly kill harmful bacteria (if any).

• Treated cocopeat and coconut fiber are passed through the sieve cage to classify peat and fiber. The Sieve cage also helps to remove the impurities so that cocopeat and coconut fiber are completely clean without having any stones or trash blended with them.