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Tropic Cocomix 50L

Tropic Cocomix 50L

£13.99 GBP
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Take precise control over your root zone with Tropic Cocomix. This premium, high-performance medium blends 70% top-tier coco coir with 30% horticultural perlite, creating the ultimate structural balance of rapid drainage, water retention, and high-capacity aeration.

Specifically engineered for automated drip irrigation, run-to-waste systems, and hand-watered setups, Tropic Cocomix offers a completely clean, responsive canvas. Because coco coir acts as an inert substrate, it holds a naturally low background electrical footprint. This gives you absolute authority over your plant's daily nutrition, allowing you to fine-tune your liquid feeding schedules to push vegetative speeds and flowering volumes to their peak genetic limits.

Core Cultivation Advantages:

  • Superior Drainage & Capillary Travel: Infused with an aggressive 30% volumetric loading of 1–6 mm perlite, this mix completely eliminates the risk of waterlogging. The highly porous perlite acts as a capillary vehicle, pulling your nutrient solution deeper and more evenly through the container while forcing excess water out of the base to prevent stagnant root death.

  • Maximum Oxygenation: Roots don't just drink—they breathe. The high perlite ratio maintains structurally stable macro-air corridors throughout the pot. Even immediately after a heavy feeding cycle, the root zone retains a massive volume of dissolved oxygen, encouraging explosive lateral root branching and dense root hair development.

  • Stable Starter Nutrients: Unlike completely raw, unbuffered coco that can strip nutrition from your first few feeds, Tropic Cocomix is enriched with a subtle micro-dose of PG-Mix 1 ($1.00\text{ kg/m}^3$). This gives seedlings and young transplants a gentle, stress-free nutritional baseline without spiking the substrate EC.

  • Pre-Calibrated pH & EC Sweet Spot: Carefully balanced to line up perfectly with active hydroponic feeding standards. The medium lands at a highly desirable pH of 5.8 (ranging safely between 5.3–6.3) and an exceptionally low electrical conductivity (EC of 0.8 mS/cm), ensuring optimal element uptake from day one.

Substrate Composition & Analysis

Every cubic metre ($1\text{ m}^3$) of Tropic Cocomix is mixed with strict commercial accuracy:

Ingredient / Input Volumetric Ratio per m3 Purpose / Function
Premium Coco Coir 0.70 m3 Highly fibrous, sustainable water and nutrient retention matrix
Perlite (1–6 mm) 0.30 m3 Maximises oxygen delivery, water movement, and drainage speeds
PG-Mix 1 Starter Feed 1.00 kg/m3 Soft initial micro-dose of 14-16-18 NPK + essential trace elements

Step-by-Step Usage Instructions:

 

1.Fluff your coco mix:Preparation.

Pour the Tropic Cocomix straight from the bag into your chosen pots or fabric containers. Give the medium a gentle ruffle to ensure the perlite is evenly distributed and fully aerated.

2.Avoid manual compaction:Potting Up.

Fill your containers loosely to the rim. Do not press down or compact the mix with your hands, as this crushes the structural air pockets that coco and perlite naturally create.

3.Saturate with Cal-Mag:First Wetting.

Before introducing young plants, pre-flush the pot thoroughly with a mild, hydroponic nutrient solution containing a dedicated Calcium and Magnesium (Cal-Mag) additive to charge the coco fibers.

4.Establish frequent feed cycles:Irrigation Strategy.

Because a 70/30 blend drains incredibly fast, it is perfectly suited for multi-feeding schedules (high-frequency fertigation). Water multiple times a day during peak flower for maximum growth rates.

 

Technical Specifications

Metric / Attribute Specification Details
Brand Tropic
Substrate Class Premium Hydroponic Coco-Perlite Blend ($70/30$)
Target pH Range 5.8 (5.3 - 6.3)
Target EC Value 0.8 mS/cm (0.6 - 1.0)
Starter Fertilizer PG-Mix 1 (14 - 16 -18 + Trace Elements)
Sustainability 100% Fully Sustainable & Renewable Organic Coco Fibers
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