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The horticultural industry is working together to create responsibly sourced composts and soil mixes which lower potential impact on the environment

The Responsible Sourcing Scheme for Growing Media has been developed by the Growing Media Association under the auspices of the Horticultural Trades Association and in collaboration with leading retailers, Defra and NGO’s.It assesses the impact of each raw material that accounts for more than 5% of the volume of the mix against seven criteria. Learn More

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John Innes SEED Compost

Our John Innes Seed Peat Free compost is made from the 50 year old recipe of loam and horticultural grit combined with bark fines and COIR. It has a peat free formula but with the addition of loam gives the seeds a base fertiliser to begin their germination and establishment of young plants. Our John Innes Seed Peat Free compost is a best seller for sowing seeds and seedlings as it provides a balanced nutrient supply, the loam based composition makes it easier to water and to re-wet it also acts as a store for water retention. Our compost has a pH of 5.5 which is the optimum level for the absorption of nutrients such as calcium and nitrogen from the soil to young roots that are developing."

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Essentials by Levington Bark

Ideal for decorative purposes, moisture retention, weed protection and low maintenance gardening. Ideal for flowerbeds, borders and paths.

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Levington John Innes Seed

Approved by the John Innes Institute, Levington John Innes Seed Compost is ideal for sowing seeds, striking cuttings and delicate seedlings. It has been specially developed, with a high phosphate formula and 14 vital minerals for optimum root growth. Perfect for all seedlings.

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New Horizon Vegetable Compost

Our New Horizon All Vegetable Compost is a naturally peat free formulation that gives your vegetables triple the goodness. It has a perfect blend of Biofibre combined with West+ as well as Coir+ to give fruits and vegetables every reason to thrive.

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Essentials by Levington Top Soil

A sustainable, fertile loam-based soil rich in nutrients that supports growth for flowers and fruits. Perfect for new beds and borders, replacing old soil, levelling lawns and making compost. Works well for young plants and grown plants. Great for beds and borders, replacing sick soil, levelling lawns and making compost.

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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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Levington Tomorite Giant Planter with Seaweed

Levington Tomorite Giant Planter With Seaweed is perfect for fruit and vegetable gardening. It ois enriched with Tomorite Plant Food with added seaweed for full flavoured tomatoes and is a deeper thicker planter for optimum root growth. For use indoors or out, in greenhouses, on balconies, etc.

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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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John Innes No.3 Compost

Our John Innes No.3 Peat Free compost is made from the 50 year old recipe of loam and horticultural grit combined with bark fines and COIR. Our formula provides mature plants with a stockpile of nutrients for potting on and final potting of mature plants into large containers or pots. Our John Innes No.3 Peat Free helps to promote strong root development, healthy growth and maintenance of plants along with a long lasting moisture retention feature that will help to reduce the need for watering and prevent drying out. The unique properties of this compost is free draining and helps to prevent the roots becoming waterlogged and keeps porosity to allow plants to respire. The compost is specially formulated to act as an anchor for roots of mature plants with its heavier composition of other composts.

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Humax Professional Seed & Cutting

Humax Seed & Cutting mix is perfectly formulated from the best sustainable raw materials to provide the perfect start to a plants life. Suitable for • Sowing large range of seeds including most flowers and vegetables • Pricking out seedlings • Potting rooted cuttings Features & benefits • Highest quality sustainable raw materials - sourced and made at our growing media facility • H2Gro wetting agent - Spectacular 3-in-1 mode of action allows for all your customers’ plants’ water needs: - Wetting and spreading agent - Penetrating agent - Re-wetting agent • Starter fertilizer - our professional grade starter fertilizer giving plants and vegetables the perfect initial boost

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Levington Rose, Tree & Shrub Compost

Levington® Rose, Tree & Shrub Compost has a special combination of nutrients and water retaining agents that enable the fast rooting of roses, trees and shrubs. Rose, tree and shrub compost is ideal for Shrubs, Trees, Roses, Hedging Fruit Bushes, including ericaceous plants (acid loving, lime hating plants). Planting bare root outdoor roses, trees, shrubs, moving or planting established and container plants.

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SylvaGrow Farmyard

A rich source of organic matter for all soils, adding nutrients, improving fertility and yield, soil structure and workability and enhancing water-holding capacity. 100% peat-free, approved by the Soil Association and suitable for use by vegans. Available in 40 litre bags and 0.6m3 bulk bags

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