HydraFiber Heroes: Jose Navarijo, South Central Growers, Inc.
Jose Navarijo, R&D manager at South Central Growers, Inc., discusses how HydraFiber's consistency has improved the quality of plants and their business efficiencies.
Jose Navarijo, R&D manager at South Central Growers, Inc., discusses how HydraFiber's consistency has improved the quality of plants and their business efficiencies.
"HydraFiber is by far the most innovative commercially produced soil amending product to hit the industry in a long time."
“We were impressed, not only with its ability to retain water, but also its ability to have porosity at the same time, which almost seems like an oxymoron, but it definitely happens. HydraFiber holds water and doesn’t dry out as quickly, but at the same time, when it’s wet, it doesn’t turn into mud or mush.”
"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."
“The HydraFiber limits the fertilizer leach out and there’s much better color on material. We aren’t losing the fertilizer with watering anymore. That’s really what I’m seeing more than anything.”
“Adding HydraFiber to our production has been seamless, especially with our larger containers.”
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