Coco-chips are used in different ways.
It is used as an additive in growing media since the early
nineties and also as a complete growing medium.
The popularity is due to the improvements of the characteristics of
the growing media and because Coco-chips is easy to handle in
the culture.
The qualifications of Coco-chips are very high; not only should the EC
(electrical conductivity) be low, the material must be easy to process
and must not decompose too quickly.