The fibre that we remove from the husk is excellent for use in growing media. Coco fibres improve the capillary action of the growing medium. For this reason, they have to satisfy a number of strict requirements, e.g. in terms of length, thickness and EC. We remove the fibres by decorticating, beating or defibring the husk. We then select them on the basis of thickness, as fibres which are too thin decompose at too fast a rate and therefore lose their effect too quickly. The remaining fibres are graded according to quality, cut to size, washed, dried and compressed.
