CocoCore 3/4g Plastic (5*5*5)

What It Is

The CocoCore 3/4 Gallon Plastic Coco Pot is a compressed, all-in-one growing unit: 100% premium coco pith media pre-loaded into a rigid plastic container, shipped in its compressed state for freight efficiency, and expanded in place with water before use. The finished unit measures 5 inches × 5 inches × 5 inches and holds a 3/4-gallon volume of active substrate — right-sized for seedlings, rooted clones, and early vegetative stages before transplant into larger containers.

Coco pith — the fine, sponge-like fraction of the coconut husk — is the substrate of choice for operators running high-frequency drip or automated fertigation programs. It holds moisture well between irrigation events while maintaining the air-filled porosity that roots need, and it is chemically inert, meaning your nutrient program controls the root-zone environment from day one. CocoCore sources and processes their coco pith to deliver swift, even expansion and consistent media structure across every unit in a case.

Who It's For

This format is built for commercial-scale propagation rooms and early-veg benches where standardization and throughput matter. Operators running automated clone lines or plug-to-veg workflows get a consistent, pre-measured media volume in every pot — no hand-filling, no variation between stations, no loose media waste on benching surfaces.

The 3/4-gallon, 5×5 footprint is commonly used for rooted clones transitioning out of propagation trays, seedlings stepping up from 50- or 78-cell plug trays, or any early-stage plant that will be transferred into a larger grow bag or container for flower. Licensed cannabis and hemp facilities running tightly scheduled crop-steering programs benefit from the media consistency: every unit expands to the same dimensions, holds the same volume, and behaves the same under the same fertigation cadence.

Key Growing Properties

Coco pith's fine structure creates a dense network of small pores that retain water and release it gradually to the root zone — an advantage for propagation stages where moisture consistency is critical to rooting success and early plant establishment. At the same time, the material's natural fibrous architecture preserves air-filled porosity, preventing compaction even after repeated irrigation cycles.

Because coco pith is an inert, soilless substrate, it carries no background nutrients, buffering, or biologicals out of the box. Your fertigation program controls EC and pH from the first watering, which is the correct approach for precision crop-steering. Plan to run a complete nutrient formula from the start, maintain pH in the 5.5–6.5 range standard for coco programs, and include supplemental calcium and magnesium to account for coco's natural cation exchange characteristics. The plastic container provides structural support and moisture containment during the early-stage grow, and is compatible with standard drip-stake fertigation setups.

How It Fits a Commercial Build

In a multi-phase commercial facility — propagation → early veg → flower — the CocoCore 3/4 gallon plastic pot slots cleanly into the first transition step after propagation. Clones or seedlings established in plug trays move into the 5×5 pot for the early vegetative phase, then transfer into larger coco bags or containers for the remainder of the cycle. The uniform pot dimensions make spacing and spacing calculations on propagation benches straightforward, and the compressed shipping format means pallet quantities are dense and manageable for receiving.

For facilities building out or expanding canopy, standardizing on a consistent coco format across the propagation and early-veg stage reduces variables, simplifies SOP documentation, and keeps feed programs clean. CocoCore's 3/4 gallon plastic format is available through HSC nationally — request a quote for case and pallet pricing scaled to your facility's throughput.