Riococo PCM Profile

From the Earth, Back to the Earth

Natural Coco Medium Our Roots Grow Deep

COCONUT NATURE Mother Nature has provided humankind with many things. Life on earth would cease to exist without the presence of plants and trees. The coconut tree has played an integral role in the existence of many cultures across the globe. “Kalpa Vriksha” known in Sanskrit is defined as “the tree that gives all that is necessary for living.” Nature’s miracle, coconut tree, is referred to as ‘Tree of Heaven’ in some cultures and ‘Miracle Tree’ in others.

Every part of the tree, from the roots, trunk, milk, fruit, fiber and leaves, each are significantly useful to humans and can be used in one form or another.

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COCONUT MIGRATION With the movement of currents and waves, bobbing its way to new shores and enriching new soil, the coconut goes way back to adventurous seafarers exploring new territories and coming across a strange new fruit provided by the gods.

The coconut has journeyed its way through the hearts of people in Sri Lanka and their hard working hands of preparation diversifying the many values of the coconut that is centuries in age.

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COCONUT FOUNDATION The coconut history derives from the Spanish and Portuguese word, coco, which means “monkey face.” Explorers of Spain and Portugal found the three round indented markings at the base of the coconut to be very similar to a monkey’s face. It’s suffix ‘nut’ was added as botanically known as cocos nucifera, with nucifera meaning “nut-bearing.” In the 15th century in an English print, the English name for the fruit-bearing palm was written as “coconut.”

Although the palm family is native to many tropical locations in the world, the light, fibrous husk allows it to easily drift on the oceans to other locations to propagate.

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COCONUT TREE IN SRI LANKA Sri Lanka, the treasured ‘pearl’ of the Indian Ocean is located south of the Indian subcontinent and part of the South Asian region. Over centuries, founders have called the land of Sri Lanka, Paradise, for its abundant beauty from the ocean shades of blue that surrounds the island, its astonishing colors of the rising and setting of the sun, to the cultivating fields where the Sri Lankan staple of rice grows and the vibrant greenery of the tea country up in the hills.

The coconut tree is the most common palm in Sri Lanka and was put to many uses by the natives in their daily lives since centuries ago. Since the inception of the coir industry in Sri Lanka in the 1860s, the coco pith and fiber have been considered beneficial for many reasons.

With the discovery of the benefit as a soilless growing medium for hydroponics crop production and many other growing methods, Sri Lankan coconut husk has emerged as world’s best soilless coir growing media to grow plants.

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OUR ORIGIN Established in 2002, RIOCOCO is one of the major Coconut growing media manufacturers from Sri Lanka. At the time, it was almost unimaginable to set up a soilless growing media manufacturing operation. However, the founders of RIOCOCO were convinced of the country’s potential to produce high quality, uniform and consistent coconut growing media and invested in the best land of the South Asian region. Today, running a global operation and working with some of the largest hydroponics greenhouse crop producers in the world, RIOCOCO is recognized as one of the foremost soilless growing media manufacturers in the region and also as the highest quality single origin growing medium supplier in the world.

Today, RIOCOCO not only projects the image of Sri Lanka as one of the world’s major Coconut growers, but also serves high quality soilless growing medium from Sri Lanka to the world. With the waste product of Sri Lanka having become a crucial link of the world food chain, RIOCOCO prides itself on the rare honor and privilege of contributing to feed the world with the crops growing in its world-class soilless growing medium all over the world.

“The sea is our cradle but yet we can’t live without our mystical land: Nature’s miracle, coconut tree, is referred to as the ‘Tree of Heaven’ and is part of our lifestyle.”

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CEYHINZ LINK INTERNATIONAL, INC. RIOCOCO LANKA (PVT) LTD. Ceyhinz Link International Inc., is one of the world’s largest suppliers of cultivation solutions with clean, controllable, 100% natural coir-based substrates solutions. Our RIOCOCO Coir substrates utilize the natural properties of processed coir fiber, pith and fractions.

Since the company’s inception in year 2002, we have been manufacturing world-class coir products in our facilities in Sri Lanka. Our use of the highest quality raw materials, which produced by nature and combined with state-of-the-art technologies and equipment, enables us to produce the highest quality coir growing medium products. Our headquarters is located in Irving, Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex of Texas, United States of America with branch offices and distributors over 50 countries across the globe, spanning six continents.

Our custom cannabis growing medium mix gives bigger, faster and stronger healthy roots from cloning to vegging to flower cycle. Our RIOCOCO PCM mix product range consist of super washed, clean particles of the processed coconut husks. All the products are 100% Organic, Clean, Non-Toxic, Renewable and Biodegradable.

Riococo Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., in Sri Lanka is the exclusive manufacturing arm of the Ceyhinz Link International Inc. RIOCOCO brand is the registered trademark of Ceyhinz Link International, Inc and Riococo Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.

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SUSTAINABILITY “Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony that permit fulfilling the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations.� We believe in leaving our place better for our children and families and for generations to come.

That is why we take sustainability serious here at RIOCOCO. At RIOCOCO we use the part of the Coconut that is generally regarded as a waste material, or by-product of the coconut industry and turning it into a completely organic and natural growing medium for the use in homes, hobbyist gardeners to large-scale commercial vertical, indoor and hydroponics greenhouses.

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MANUFACTURING PROCESS Our production process starts with the rigorous selection of only the finest, fresh water grown, young coconut husks from a specific area in Sri Lanka. Our extensive curing process takes a minimum of 4 to 6 weeks, after which time the coconut fibers are separated and graded.

This process adjusts the electrical conductivity, as well as, increases our coconut fibers’ flexibility and durability without causing deterioration. We control the intrusion of contaminants and salts into our coir materials during collection and processing by implementing a stringent quality control system. This aids us in maintaining the product’s consistency and uniformity. We maintain detailed documentation for every product from its origin to its final destination.

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ECO FRIENDLY

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Biodegradable

PESTICIDE & CHEMICAL FREE

9001:2015 - 14001:2015

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PRODUCT RANGE RIOCOCO PCM GROW BAG

RIOCOCO PCM OTB (Open Top Bag) (1 Gal / 2 Gal / 3 Gal / 5 Gal)

RIOCOCO PCM CTB (Close Top Bag) (1 Gal)

Material Composition Coir Chips and Coir Natural Mix

Material Composition Coir Chips and Coir Natural Mix

Material Composition Coir Chips and Coir Natural Mix

Electrical Conductivity <1.0 mS/Cm

Electrical Conductivity <1.0 mS/Cm

Electrical Conductivity < 1.0 mS/Cm

pH 5.5 - 6. 5

pH 5.5 - 6. 5

pH 5.5 - 6.5

Water Holding Capacity (l/kg) 4. 5 - 5 . 5

Water Holding Capacity (l/kg) 4. 5 - 5. 5

Water Holding Capacity (L/kg) 4.5 - 5.5

Air Filled Porosity (V/V%) 28 - 30%

Air Filled Porosity (V/V%) 28 - 30%

Air Filled Porosity (V/v%) 28 - 30%

Organic Matter (% by Weight) 95 - 98%

Organic Matter (% by Weight) 95 - 98%

Organic Matter (% by Weight) 95 - 98% Dimensions Size (Dry) 15 x 15 x 5 Cm Dimensions Size (Wet) 15 x 15 x 15 Cm Weight 0.8 Kg / 1.76 Lb

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RIOCOCO PCM STARTER BLOCK (10 x 10 x 6 Cm/ 7.5 x 7.5 x 6 Cm)

RIOCOCO CBOP ORGANIC PROPAGATION PLUGS (25mm / 32mm / 38mm / 42mm / 50mm)

RIOCOCO NATURAL PCM COIR MIX BLOCK - (4.5 Kg/10 Lb)

Material Composition Natural Coir Mix

Material Composition Natural Coir Mix

Material Composition Coir Chips and Coir Natural Mix

Electrical Conductivity <0.5 mS/Cm

Electrical Conductivity <0.5 mS/Cm

Electrical Conductivity <1.0 mS/Cm

pH 5.5 - 6.5

pH 5.5 - 6.5

pH 5.5 - 6.5

Water Holding Capacit (L/kg) 6.5 - 7

Water Holding Capacity (L/kg) 6.5 - 7

Water Holding Capacity (L/kg) 4.5 - 5.5

Air Filled Porosity (V/v%) 10 - 12%

Air Filled Porosity (V/v%) 10 - 12%

Air Filled Porosity (V/v%) 28 - 30%

Organic Matter (% by Weight) 95 - 98%

Organic Matter (% by Weight) 95 - 98%

Organic Matter (% by Weight) 95 - 98%

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“The evidence is overwhelming that Marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, tvomiting and other symptoms caused by such illnesses as multiple sclerosis, cancer and AIDS or by the harsh drugs sometimes used to treat them. And it can do so with remarkable safety. Indeed, Marijuana is less toxic than many of the drugs that physicians prescribe every day.”

-Joycelyn Elders, MD

“The American Nurses Association (ANA) recognizes that patients should have safe access to therapeutic Marijuana/cannabis. Cannabis or Marijuana has been used medicinally for centuries. It has been shown to be effective in treating a wide range of symptoms and conditions.”

-American Nurses Association

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“The introduction of smokeless cannabis in dosage form will immediately ease human pain and suffering and help to move medical marijuana from the underground economy to the mainstream of the nation’s health-care system.”

-Steven R. Patierno, PHD,

“Many of the chronically ill have successfully sought relief with the use of medical cannabis, an age-old remedy that now shows real scientific efficacy.

Hundreds of thousands of the sick have replaced disabling narcotics and other psychotropic medications with nontoxic and benign cannabis. The anecdotal evidence is overwhelming.”

-JAY Cavanaugh, PHD

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HEADQUARTERS CEYHINZ LINK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1303 W. Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 302, Irving, TX 75038 U.S. A. Toll Free: 866.325.0064 Tel: 001.214.492.0803 International Tel: 001.214.492.0803 Email: info@riococo.com

SRI LANKA OFFICE RIOCOCO LANKA (PVT) LTD. 404/2, Thalawathugoda Road, Hokandara South, Hokandara.

Sri Lanka.

International Tel: 0094.115.883.454 SRI LANKA FACTORY RIOCOCO LANKA (PVT) LTD. Siyambalangamuwa, Bamunakotuwa, Sri Lanka.

International Tel: 0094.375.627.327

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