01 / BLUE
Air Blend
Buffered coir with compost, perlite and processed bark. A starting point for container trials where the specification includes mineral and bark components.
Enquire about Air BlendNEW BLEND CONCEPT / PEAT-FREE
Two blends.
Your growing choice.
Choose Air Blend with buffered coir, perlite and bark, or Garden Blend with washed non-buffered coir, vermicompost and neem cake. Two peat-free concepts for container-growing trials.
Proposed formulation · Trial enquiries
Discuss Air Blend
TWO VARIETIES / BY LOOSE VOLUME
Choose your blend.
Measure cocopeat after full hydration and draining, without compacting it. Percentages describe the ingredient recipe, not water-holding capacity or air space.
| Ingredient | Air Blend · Buffered | Garden Blend · Non-buffered |
|---|---|---|
| Buffered cocopeat | 50% | — |
| Washed, non-buffered cocopeat | — | 70% |
| Mature screened compost | 20% | — |
| Mature screened vermicompost | — | 28% |
| Horticultural perlite | 20% | — |
| Composted horticultural bark | 10% | — |
| Neem cake | — | 2% |
| Total | 100% | 100% |
02 / GREEN
Garden Blend
Your 70% cocopeat base, with vermicompost and a small neem-cake amendment. Contains no perlite or bark; drainage must be assessed in the intended container.
Enquire about Garden BlendBoth are development formulations, not validated production specifications. “Non-buffered” describes the coir treatment: it does not mean unwashed, nor does washing equal buffering. No pest-control or complete-nutrition claim is made.
START WITH A TRIAL
Match the mix
to the plant.
Intended for trials with established container plants, herbs and vegetables. Fine seedling trays, orchids, succulents and acid-loving crops need separate specifications.
This is a soilless potting mix: no field soil or peat moss is included in the proposed recipe. Compost does not replace a crop-specific feeding programme.
Before commercial release
- Test finished-mix pH and EC using a recorded method.
- Verify compost or vermicompost maturity and hygiene, plus the specified coir treatment. For Garden Blend, assess neem-cake grade, stability and plant tolerance.
- Measure drainage, air space and water retention in the intended pot.
- Run plant trials and agree nutrition, irrigation, pack volume and labelling.
For a 100 L ingredient trial: Air Blend uses 50 L buffered coir + 20 L compost + 20 L perlite + 10 L composted bark. Garden Blend uses 70 L washed non-buffered coir + 28 L vermicompost + 2 L neem cake. Record neem cake weight for the measured volume so production dosing can be standardized. Final mixed volume may change; verify bag fill separately.
RETAIL / NURSERY / PRIVATE LABEL
Your range. Your brief.
The designs show proposed 50 L packs for both varieties. Discuss bulk supply or OEM packaging with the sales team; pack sizes, minimum quantities and pricing are agreed after the trial specification.
Ingredient guidance
Background on component roles and container handling: Iowa State University Extension — Potting Media: Components and Handling. A Kerala Agricultural University study also evaluated neem cake and vermicompost in multi-component media for Philodendron xanadu. Its crop-specific results do not validate the exact 70/28/2 recipe proposed here. These references inform ingredient selection, not a guarantee of performance.