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Premium Bark Chunks
Professional quality, decorative pine bark pieces. 100% sustainable: harvested, sourced & produced in the UK. Suitable for a wide range of garden applications including laying bark pathways, mulching beds, suppressing weeds and saving water in beds & borders. Available in 50 litre bags.
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Coco Grow+ Seed & Cutting Compost
Seed & cutting compost with 20% added Perlite. Coco Grow+ is 80% natural coco coir compost combined with 20% perlite to create ideal conditions for seed germination, propagation and cuttings. Our composts are always peat free and kinder to the environment. Coco Grow+ increases the porosity of the potting mix which helps to keep the soil loose and airy, helping in better root growth. Ideally suited for garden and hydroponic growing environments. This nutrient-free, ph balanced coir compost makes it ideal for seeding a variety of plants. Just add fertiliser or blend of other compost as you need for your plants.
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SylvaGrow John Innes No.2
Superb quality potting on compost with a friable and free-flowing texture. Perfect for potting on established plants, houseplants and vegetables plants in containers. Available in 22 litre pack.
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Coco Chip Coir Mulch (Compressed)
Coco&Coir Compressed Coir Mulch. Our hugely popular mulch made from 100% natural and organic peat free coir husk chips in a convenient and easy to handle and deliver compressed format. Coir mulch helps retain soil moisture and reduces weed growth by up to 90%. it also helps deter pesky slugs and snails because of its texture. Once expanded this is ideal to add to beds and borders for a range of plant positive benefits, as well as decorative purposes. As it slowly breaks down in the soil, it also increases soil porosity, enriches it, and improves soil structure.
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Essentials by Levington Multi Purpose Compost
Essentials Multi Purpose Compost can be used in pots and containers, beds and borders and hanging baskets. Works well for all young and established plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables, and will feed them for up to 4 weeks. Great for houseplants, bedding plants, perennials, herbs, shrubs, trees, fruit and vegetables.
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Miracle-Gro Performance Organics Peat Free Fruit & Veg Compost
Miracle-Gro® Performance Organics Peat Free Fruit & Veg Compost is a high performance 100% natural and organic peat-free compost ideal for growing your own produce such as fruits and vegetables. Perfect for use in beds, borders, hanging baskets, pots and containers. Glorious on plants, gentle on nature! Ideal for fruits and vegetables. Works well for young plants and established plants. Not suitable for acid-loving, ericaceous plants such as blueberries. Perfect to plant directly in the bag or used as special compost for fruits and vegetables.
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John Innes ERICACEOUS Compost
"Our John Innes Ericaceous compost is a rich mix of loam, COIR, bark fines and horticultural grit with added nutrients providing the perfect structure for plant roots and maximum green leafing. Our John Innes Ericaceous Peat Free is well proven and easy to manage because of the water absorbing and nutrientretention properties of the clay present in the loam. Our Ericaceous mix has a pH level of 4.0 which is perfect for growing calcifuges (lime hating plants) such as rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias and blueberries."
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Bulrush Peat Free Multipurpose + John Innes
Non-peat multi-purpose compost with added John Innes
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Westland Top Soil
Westland Top Soil is ideal for creating new beds and borders or simply improving existing soil in your garden, ideal for a high quality finish. Furthermore, it is perfect for general lawn preparation and repairs such as levelling lawns.
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Peat-Free Seed & Cutting Compost
Professional quality, 100% Peat-Free compost. Soil Association Approved for Organic growing. Chemical free and natural. 100% sustainable: grown, harvested, sourced & manufactured in the UK. Suitable for a wide range of garden applications including propagation, seed sowing, cuttings, seedlings and potting on. Vegan friendly. Available in 20 litre bags.
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Miracle-Gro Peat Free Premium Houseplant Potting Mix
Miracle-Gro Peat Free Premium Houseplant Potting Mix is part of the high-performing Miracle-Gro peat-free range. With its unique 3-part patented formulation, this peat-free compost caters for the needs of houseplants and will feed for 3 months. This unique compost provides the optimum structure for roots to grow strong and controls water availability according to their needs. Ideal for all house plants and herbs. Works well for young plants and matured pot plants. Perfect for use in pots, container and hanging baskets.
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Moregro Rose, Tree & Shrub Compost
Our MoreGro Rose, Tree and Shrub is completely peat free, it contains sustainable forest by-products which are high in nutrients and organic matter that is perfect for roses, trees and shrubs. The fibres that are incorporated into our mix secures air for roots to breath, drains excess water and this helps to deliver strong roots for roses, trees and shrubs. The Bio fibres give a coarse texture which is perfect for all potting needs, promoting healthy root growth and resists compaction. We have also added a wetting agent to prevent drying out of the soils and to help maintain the structure of the soil after planting. Our product contains a base fertiliser of nitrogen for green leaves and shoot growth, phosphorus for strong root development and potassium for more flowering and fruit production. Like all our peat free products we have included seaweed to add 60 + more trace elements to roses, trees and shrubs promoting a healthy, long lasting and vibrant flowering.
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