Welcome to the HydraFiber Resource Library
From trialing tips and growing practices, to the set up and maintenance of your HydraFiber Processing Unit (HPU) and HydraFiber Expander (HE) machines, find everything you need to grow better plants and better margins right here.
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Increase Profitability by Increasing Inclusion Rates
These guidelines tell you how to take your HydraFiber mixes to the next level by increasing your inclusion rates.
Ribbon Blending Guide for HydraFiber EZ Blend
For growers who use a ribbon blender, follow these guidelines for optimizing yield, managing water, adjusting lime rates and including supplemental nitrogen (N) in your HydraFiber EZ Blend mixes.
Surfactants and HydraFiber Blends Tech Sheet
Tech sheet listing facts to help you decide if you need a surfactant or not.
HydraFiber Processing Unit: Suggested Shelf Stock Replacement Parts
One-page sheet of HPU Wear Parts and Suggested Spare Parts to aid in minor repairs, if needed.
HydraFiber Processing Unit Technical Bulletin: BB77 Belts–Upper Shredder Upgrade
How to install the BB77 belts and associated components on your HydraFiber Processing Unit.
Calculating the Amount of HydraFiber Ultra in the Mix
Routine calibrations you should be conducting on your incoming raw materials and blends to make sure you're able to grow, ship and sell the healthiest plants. If you are working with the Ultra substrate, be sure to refer to the these guidelines before starting your soil mix line calibration process.
Techniques for Hand-Blending HydraFiber Into Substrates for Trial Purposes
See this PDF for tips on hand-blending raw HydraFiber substrate with other components to create your growing mix.
Profile/AgriNomix Container Filling Trials
AgriNomix's comprehensive guide for adjusting your equipment to the structure of HydraFiber and how to reorganize the flow of blends out of the hopper in order to get good fill.
The Sustainability of HydraFiber
Tips on how to take advantage of the sustainability of HydraFiber.
Mum Production with HydraFiber
Trial data showing how a field of mums thrives with HydraFiber versus other cultivation practices.
HydraFiber Irrigation Best Practices
Here are key points to guide adjusting your watering practices to grow crops in HydraFiber blends.
Ornamental Bedding Plant Production with HydraFiber
Grower trials from across the country with crops in various HydraFiber blends and production areas.
HydraFiber at a Glance for Blenders
This overview sheet offers a quick look at the benefits pre-mix blenders will realize when they switch to using engineered-fiber HydraFiber in their blends. Includes a side-by-side product comparison chart of HydraFiber to other substrates.
HydraFiber at a Glance for Retailers
Created to help HydraFiber growers present to their retailer customers, this overview sheet highlights the key benefits of plants grown in HydraFiber mixes. HydraFiber adds a new twist to growing for better selling!
Perennial Production with HydraFiber
Nursery and perennial trials using HydraFiber across different areas of the country.