Blending & Filling HydraFiber Product Information

HydraFiber Towers: Calculating and Mixing Blends

HydraFiber Ultra and EZ Blend Towers are allowing growers to get the benefits of HydraFiber without additional equipment in their greenhouse. This tech sheet gives you a formula for calculating how much HydraFiber to use in your blends, as well as instructions for how to properly mix it into your media mix.

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"After 30-plus years in the greenhouse industry, I’ve made the biggest changes in my substrate mixers with HydraFiber. After lots of trialing and tweaking, we’re at 55% peat, 25% coir, 25% HydraFiber and it’s working very well. We’re really getting a great, great root system that is going through that substrate, all the way down to the bottom of the pot. In all the years that I’ve mixed soil, I’ve never seen the root systems just permeate the soil ball like they are now. Get a good root system and the plant will come."

Kevin Koeppler

General Manager

Sunbelt Greenhouses, Douglas, GA

“From what we’ve seen, the pH of poinsettias stays more stable because of the length of the crop. Also the shelf life is better because the HydraFiber retains the moisture and when it’s sitting on the shelf longer at the store, it’s pulling that moisture out of that wood. We’re seeing several more days at retail which is a huge benefit.”

Tim Van Der Hengst

Head of Production

South Central Growers, Inc.

"We are using the 365WB HydraFiber material in our mix. The moisture content is about 55%, and the mix holds together like a loose snowball to give us the best 'loft' during filling. It rolls through the mixing line well and fill the pots nicely. Handling the new mix is a little different…but it's working!"

Chris Bergen

Owner

Bergen's Greenhouses, Detroit Lakes, MN

"Our decision to align with HydraFiber was a significant move but also a natural choice. The Profile team is fully committed to getting growing media right for growers. They are highly professional and very progressive in finding ways of bringing their technology to the market."

Neil McKeown

Business Development Manager

Gro-Bark

"Perennials are just beginning to get looked at, but from what I’m seeing, the results with HydraFiber are also comparable to the performance observed in other growing mixes."

Paul Pilon

Owner

Perennial Solutions