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Wood Fiber Advantages

With quality wood fiber as a component of the mix, not only do you get consistent high-quality growing media, you also get more—for less, with larger volumes per bag and per shipment.

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Berger’s Unique Natural Wood Fiber

In 2012, Berger was the first substrate producer in North-America to introduce wood fibers into its line of professional growing media as a renewable aggregate. The NF Wood substrates are made with fine-quality wood fiber, which offers optimum water-holding capacity, ensuring quicker root development, healthy growth and excellent yield. Furthermore, NF Wood is an eco-friendly additive. With wood fiber amendment, you get high-quality consistent growing media, you also get more—for less, thanks to greater volumes per bag and per shipment.

Advantages:

Get more pots per bag – Low density product
Optimize available water retention with high air capacity
Reduced transport costs – Lightweight
Get the most consistent wood-based product -Thanks to a proven manufacturing method, NF Wood is stable under typical greenhouse conditions with no nitrogen immobilization.
Reduce your chemical waste – Less run-off
Get more out of your money – NF Wood is significantly superior to other organic aggregates.
Perfect for your specific crops – Can be used for a wide variety of crops and production systems.
Be a greener grower – Sustainable, biodegradable and renewable product. Plus, it is locally produced

SAVE UP TO 29% IN PRODUCTION TIME & GET UP TO 13% MORE YIELD PER BAG

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