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Growing Media
9 December 2021
These translated practical guides from PCS, Belgium cover a wide range of topics including integrated plant management, lighting crops, cost price calculation and profitability, fertiliser use in ornamental crops etc.
13 December 2021
These annual reports cover a range of small scale trials undertaken in the Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany by the Trial Advisory Council (VuB) based in Ellerhoop on a range of field- and container-grown hardy nursery stock crops.
27 February 2020
Practical tips to help move to peat-free or peat-reduced growing media
30 June 2022
A summary of our latest research for pests, weeds, diseases, soils and nutrition for field vegetable crops
25 November 2021
This factsheet summarises the options available for nutrient provision in container-grown crops - media incorporated, top dressing , water soluble and foliar feeds
4 October 2022
This Grower issues includes information on peat free growing media, the rise of the health conscious consumer and scouting robots
18 November 2021
This factsheet provides practical recommendations for the efficient irrigation of container-grown hardy nursery stock in order to optimise water use and maintain plant quality in peat-based, peat-reduced and peat-free growing media and to minimise the risk of potential nutrient leaching from crops.
29 June 2022
The Growing Media Review magazine provides the latest industry progress and research in the work towards helping the horticulture industry reduce its reliance on peat. This edition explores a new model to predict the performance of different growing media blends and takes a look at commercial success stories across the supply chain.