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Torpedo pots and root trainers, moulded for export
Kruger Industries injection-moulds torpedo pots and root trainer trays at its ISO 9001:2015 plant in Bengaluru, India, and exports them to the Middle East. Our standard cell is 360 ml at 250 mm deep — a deep root trainer built for hot, dry planting — supplied in 25-cell holding trays with individually removable pots.
| Torpedo pot | Value |
|---|---|
| Cell volume | 360 ml — measured, filled to the brim |
| Overall height | 250 mm |
| Top diameter | 53 mm outside · 50 mm inside |
| Base diameter | 15.4 mm |
| Wall thickness | 1.1 mm |
| Root-training ribs | 8 internal ribs at 45° |
| Drainage | Open base slot, 2 mm — air-prunes the tap root |
| Material | Polypropylene |
| Colour | Black, or any colour of your choice |
| Weight | 38 g |
| Holding tray | Value |
|---|---|
| Cavities | 25 per tray (5 × 5). Two trays give 50 cells where a specification is written in fifties. |
| Tray size | 275.2 × 275.2 × 30 mm |
| Cavity pitch | 54.8 mm |
| Cavity diameter | 53 mm |
| Growing medium per full tray | About 9 litres |
| Material | Polypropylene |
| Weight | 190 g |
Why cell depth decides survival in arid planting
In desert afforestation, plantation forestry and municipal landscaping, the seedling’s first summer after transplanting is the test. A deep cell answers it in three ways.
It holds more water. At 360 ml the cell carries more growing medium than a shallow pot of the same rim diameter, so it dries more slowly between irrigations — the difference between watering daily and watering every second day across a nursery of a hundred thousand seedlings.
It sends roots down, not round. Eight internal ribs guide the roots vertically instead of letting them spiral around the wall. A spiralled root system strangles the tree years after planting; a straight one does not.
It air-prunes the tap root. The open base stops the tap root at the bottom of the cell and triggers branching above it, so the seedling leaves the nursery with a fibrous root system ready to chase moisture downward once it is in the ground — which is exactly what a tree must do where surface water disappears within days.
Export supply to the Gulf
We ship from Bengaluru through Indian west-coast ports to destinations across the Middle East — Sohar and Salalah in Oman, Jebel Ali in the UAE, Dammam and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, Hamad in Qatar, and the Kuwaiti and Bahraini ports. Pots nest for sea freight, so a container carries far more than its footprint suggests.
Send your destination port with the enquiry and we will quote packed volumes and freight alongside the unit price, not just an ex-works number — bulky mouldings are won and lost on the freight line, and you should see it before you commit.
Supplying tender and programme quantities
Greening programmes, forestry departments and landscaping contracts across the Gulf buy nursery containers in tender lots, on fixed deadlines, against written specifications. We are set up for that: an ISO 9001:2015 quality system, batch traceability, certificates of conformance and inspection reports, and tooling designed and managed in-house so a specified dimension can actually be met rather than approximated.
If you are preparing a bid, send the specification and the submission date. We will tell you plainly whether our existing pot already meets the stated cell volume, or whether the dimensions call for a new tool — and if it is a new tool, whether the quantity justifies it. An honest answer before you bid is worth more than an optimistic one after you win.
If your specification calls for a different size
This 360 ml cell is the size we tool for and run. Where a programme specifies other dimensions we mould to drawing — Kruger is an injection moulding company first, with nine machines from 60 to 1300 tonnes and in-house mould-flow analysis before any steel is cut. Send the dimensions, the annual quantity and the deadline.
Questions buyers ask us
What is the cell volume of your torpedo pot?
360 ml — measured by filling a pot with water to the brim, not calculated from the drawing. The cell is 250 mm deep, 50 mm across inside the rim, and closes to 15.4 mm at the open base.
How many pots come in a tray?
Twenty-five, in a 5 × 5 grid on a 275.2 mm square tray. Each pot lifts out individually, so seedlings are de-potted without disturbing the root ball. Where a specification is written in fifties, two trays give 50 cells on the same pitch.
Do you export to Oman, the UAE and Saudi Arabia?
Yes — Kruger exports to the Middle East. Tell us the destination port and we will quote packed volumes and freight with the unit price.
Can you manufacture to our tender dimensions?
Yes, we mould to drawing. Send the dimensions, the annual quantity and the tender date, and we will tell you whether new tooling pays back at your volume — or whether the pot we already run meets the cell volume your specification asks for.
What is the minimum order?
One full container load (1 FCL).
How long does production take?
30 days from confirmed order, plus sea transit to your port.
Can we see a sample before ordering?
Yes. Tell us the delivery address and we will advise on samples with the quotation.
Request a quotation
Send quantity, destination port and any specification you must meet. An engineer replies within 48 hours on working days — not a bot, and not a brochure.
Email kruger@microtex.com with “Torpedo pots” in the subject, or WhatsApp +91 96864 48899.
