Coco Chips Manufacturer in Tamil Nadu, India

Coco chips are cut from the coarse husk rather than the fine pith. They hold far less water per kilogram and create much larger air spaces, which is why they are blended into substrate wherever root-zone oxygen is the limiting factor rather than water supply.

The difference is measurable across our own blend range: 100% cocopeat gives 5.2% air-filled porosity, 100% coco chips gives 30.8%. Everything between those two figures is a question of how much buffer you trade for how much air.

• Material — 100% coconut husk chips
• Block weight — 5 kg, ±5%
• Dimensions — 300 × 300 × 120 mm, ±5%
• Expanded volume — 50 to 60 litres with approximately 20 litres of water
• Water absorption — 5 to 6 times own weight
• Chip size grades — 6–12 mm, 12–18 mm, 18–25 mm
• EC, low-EC grade — below 0.5 mS/cm, washed
• EC, standard grade — above 0.5 mS/cm, unwashed
• pH — 5.5 to 6.5
• Foreign matter — less than 2%
• Processing — washed and screened, not heat-sterilised
• Packaging — shrink wrap, cartons or bulk stack, custom branding available
• Shelf life — 24 months stored dry, out of direct sunlight
• Blocks per 40′ HC and MOQ — available on request

EC measured by 1:1.5 volume extract method. If your specification uses saturated media extract, tell us and we will supply the equivalent figure. See our guide to EC methods and buffering.

6–12 mm blends smoothly with pith and suits slabs and grow bags where you want extra air without opening the profile so far that water distribution becomes uneven. This is the usual choice for vegetable substrate blends.

12–18 mm is the general-purpose grade for pot culture and for orchid and ornamental growing, where free drainage matters more than retention.

18–25 mm gives maximum drainage and is used in large pots, in high-rainfall conditions, and as a drainage layer at the base of a container.

Chips are also supplied loose or blended to a specified pith-to-chip ratio rather than as blocks. Because we blend to order, ratios between our standard steps are not a problem — if your crop needs 65:35, that is what we make.

Blend properties across the range are on the coco grow bags page, and crop-specific recommendations are on our blueberry and tomato pages.

Coco chips questions buyers ask

Crop guidance: Blueberry · Tomato · Strawberry · Cucumber · Capsicum & bell pepper

Other products: Coco grow bags · 5 kg blocks · 600 g bricks · Open-top bags · Coir fibre

Chip size, blend ratio, block dimensions, packaging and print are all made to order. Blending and packing are done to your requirement — tell us what your crop and your handling line need and we will produce to it.