Now is the time to really look forward to the growing season with the lengthening days and spring just a fingertip away. To kick-start the season Harrod Horticultural have introduced a number of new products to their comprehensive range to get seeds off to a flying start:-
Growtubes GPR-034 Pack of 20
Standard GPR-036 and Fine Grade Vermiculite GPR-037 both £6.95
Vermiculite has been used by plantsmen, propagators, growers and gardeners for decades and our standard Vermiculite and Fine Grade Vermiculite will allow you to improve your seed sowing germination rates and give your seed and potting compost mixes the edge.
Perlite GPR-038 £6.95
Perlite - those little white bits you find in all the best composts - allows you to achieve those fluffy potting compost mixes, full of air spaces and retained moisture, you've always dreamed of and will give your greenhouse seed sowing and growing activities a real leg-up.
Maxicrop Original Organic Plant Growth Stimulant 2.5 litres GFE-267 £13.95
The Maxicrop Original Organic Plant Growth Stimulant is a potent, plant-benefitting liquid feed mix based on seaweed extracts and almost guaranteed to give flowers, fruit, vegetables, shrubs and trees a real health boost! This heady and versatile plant feed, approved by the Soil Association, can be applied as a root drench, foliar spray and general liquid feed fertiliser and used through all stages of growing - germinating, propagation, transplanting, and growing - and with regular use, plants will become stronger, healthier and develop increased resistance to pests and diseases. Maxicrop Original Organic Plant Growth Stimulant is supplied in a 2.5 litre bottle with full dosing rates and application advice and can also be used on lawns and turf throughout the growing season too, making this an organic plant feed for the whole garden!
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Maxicrop Organic Seaweed Meal GFE-268 £11.45
Each box of this Maxicrop Organic Seaweed Meal brings 2kg of brown knotted wrack seaweed to your garden in powder form along with the many plant benefits this Soil Association approved milled seaweed feed possess, leading to improved plant helath and growth and increased resistance to pests and diseases.
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Maxicrop Organic Plant Cal-Sea-Feed GFE-269 £6.95
Not only does Maxicrop Organic Plant Cal-Sea-Feed do your plants and lawn the world of good thanks to the blend of ground dried seaweed but it allows you to reduce the acidity of soil and grow crops which would otherwise flounder - it's a great all round organic garden fertiliser!
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And don’t forget Harrod Horticultural also have a comprehensive range of seeds in the range to meet all your planting requirements - http://www.harrodhorticultural.com/HarrodSite/category/Organic_Vegetable_Seeds_and_Plug_Plants/
As with all plant food, it is just that, a plant food fertilizer and often not something that actually puts goodness into the soil, In order to do that you need compost, ideally homemade, and other organic matter. It is organic matter, such as manure, compost and even grass clippings, that enrich the soil and feed the soil and the soil in most paces is what needs to be fed and revitalized.
Far too many fertilizers, especially those based on petro-chemicals, leach the goodness from the soil rather than giving anything. The plant feeds listed here by Harrod Horticultural are, it would appear, entirely organic and thus the leaching should not occur but still these are but plant foods and not soil foods. Always first feed your soil before you plant.
Source: Harrod Horticultural with additional writing by Michael Smith (Veshengro)
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