Introducing Precision Start: A Peat-Free Coir for Plant Propagation

Employee Samantha holding coir at a production facility | Botanicoir

As the horticultural sector moves towards sustainable solutions, coco coir manufacturer Botanicoir has launched ‘Precision Start’ to the market, a premium peat-free coir substrate designed to provide the ideal environment for plant propagation.

Precision Start is engineered to deliver optimal water retention, aeration, and consistent, sterile conditions for propagation nursery growers.

“Botanicoir’s Precision Start is years ahead of the curve, offering a natural yet engineered alternative that promotes sustainability without compromising on performance,” explains Kalum Balasuriya, Botanicoir founder.

“Designed to ensure healthy seed germination and strong cutting striking, as well as robust seedling and cutting development, Precision Start is an excellent choice for growers looking for long-term results with an environmentally conscious product,” Kalum adds.

Key Benefits of Precision Start

Precision Start delivers a host of essential benefits for growers, starting with its optimum water-holding capacity, which ensures excellent water retention and drainage. The coir is sterile and buffered, enriched with calcium, and free from unwanted salts, resulting in low Electrical Conductivity (EC).

“Additionally, its consistent air-filled porosity provides the ideal oxygen levels young plants need for healthy root development. This balanced oxygen-to-water ratio promotes vigorous root growth and supports the formation of new plant tissue, ensuring strong, healthy plants from the start,” explains Botanicoir Head of Global Sales, Sander Steinmann.

“All products are easy to use, growers simply hydrate them, let them expand and they are ready for planting seeds, seedlings, or cuttings directly,” Sander adds.

“We offer propagation ‘BotaniCubes’ with biodegradable and compostable netting, allowing them to be potted directly, with roots growing through the netting into the underlying growing media, bulk 5kg block 60-litre expanding bales as well as 180-litre mini bales ideal for smaller-scale growing operations,” he adds.

Ross Mitchell, Managing Director of Castleton Farm, has propagated around 30,000 raspberry canes and more than 1 million tray plant strawberries in Botanicoir’s Precision Start. “It’s a well-buffered, even mix, not too fibrous, with a good open structure, which means it’s good for the plants, but also goes through our potting machines without a problem. Ultimately, it’s a balanced mix and the plants have done well in it,” says Ross.

For more information or to place an order, visit botanicoir.com or contact the team at [email protected].