Gro‑Med selected for Forbes DGEMS 2025: Powering Global Soilless Farming with Sustainable Coco Coir Substrates

Gro-Med, the flagship brand of Vaighai Agro, is featured in the Forbes India DGEMS 2025 Select 200. The company operates under the visionary leadership of Neethi Mohan, Chairman of Vaighai Agro, and Dhanasekaran, Vice Chairman, whose strategic guidance has strengthened Vaighai’s growth and global footprint. Underpinned by 45 years of agro-expertise, Gro-Med is grown into world’s leading producer & exporter of coco coir substrates. The Madurai-headquartered brand today supports commercial greenhouse, hydroponic, and horticultural growers across 75+ countries.

As Vaighai continues to expand globally, the company’s third-gen entrepreneurs — Gunasekar, Pounraj, and Neethiraj, are driving the company’s next wave of expansion, innovation, and global customer engagement.

Vaighai’s integrated production network spans five world-class facilities across South India, where coconut husks are transformed into industry-leading coir substrates engineered for modern horticulture. The product range spans coir Hydroponic Bags, Coir Pop-up Bags, Coco and Husk Chip blocks, Seed Starters, and Loose-fill substrates.

With a capacity to produce over 9 million coir grow bags and exports nearly 2000+ containers of Coir Blocks annually, Gro-Med has strengthened its ability to meet surging global demand for reliable peat-free solutions.

The Coir Substrate Trusted by 75+ Countries

Gro-Med’s formulations are engineered with growers’ needs at the center: helping growers achieve higher yields with greater consistency. Each blend is tailored for vegetables, flowers, nurseries, propagation systems, and controlled-environment agriculture.

The substrates deliver 6X water retention, stable pH, and exceptional purity — enabling stronger root development, higher germination rates, improved fertilizer efficiency, and sustained crop performance across diverse climates and growing systems.

To achieve this consistency at scale, Gro-Med relies on a deeply integrated and technically advanced production ecosystem. The company’s infrastructure equipped with advanced machinery, R&D Center and solar coir dryers that maintain uniform drying even during monsoons.

A team of more than 600 trained production experts oversees each stage — from raw husk procurement to washing, drying, sieving, compression, and packing — ensuring complete traceability and batch uniformity. Through rigorous quality protocols, Gro-Med delivers substrates that are clean, stable, and free from pests, pathogens, sand, and other contaminants, reinforcing its reputation for reliability worldwide.

“Growers worldwide are shifting to soilless farming, and we are deeply committed to being their trusted partner in this transition,” said Pounraj, Director of Vaighai Agro. “This DGEMS recognition reflects our decades of expertise, our rigorous quality control, and our dedication to building sustainable, high-yielding growing media for modern horticulture.”

He added that Gro-Med’s mission is to make sustainable cultivation both accessible and profitable for growers everywhere, especially at a time when peat reserves are declining and environmentally responsible substrates are becoming essential.

As agriculture rapidly shifts toward sustainable and soilless solutions, Gro-Med stands at the forefront — blending India’s agro legacy with cutting-edge substrate science to power the future of global horticulture.

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