Horticulture
Preventing a washed-for-buffered substitution
The buyer had specified buffered material but was being offered washed at a buffered price. The distinction is invisible on inspection and decisive in the crop.
- Buyer
- A commercial glasshouse grower
- Region
- Middle East
- Product
- Cocopeat
- Basis
- Illustrative scenario
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The problem
What the buyer was facing
The grower's previous supply had produced inconsistent crop performance that they had attributed to their own nutrient management.
Their specification said 'buffered', but no treatment method was recorded and no test result had ever been requested.
Washed and buffered material look identical, so nothing was detectable at goods-in.
Approach
What was done, and in what order
- 01
Treatment method required in writing
Suppliers had to state the buffering agent and process, not simply agree to the word 'buffered'.
- 02
Testing on the offered lot
Sodium and potassium levels tested against the buffered claim, on the lot being shipped.
- 03
Water source checked at screening
Achievable EC depends on the washing water at the production site, which was verified during supplier screening.
- 04
Pack format sized to the loading plan
Block dimensions agreed against the container plan, recovering space lost to loose compression.
Outcome
What the buyer ended up with
- The specification gap was identified before contracting rather than after a growing cycle.
- The buyer moved to a supplier able to evidence the treatment, at a price reflecting the actual product.
- Container utilisation improved because block dimensions were set against the loading plan.
What was tracked
- Required per lot
- Treatment evidence
- EC, pH, Na, K
- Test parameters
- Washing water source
- Screening check
- Sized to loading plan
- Pack format
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