Specialist growing media producer, Scotts, has announced that its Levington B2 is the best selling blocking compost in the UK. The product is popular amongst vegetable and salad growers and has achieved a 20 per cent increase in the sales over the past three years.
Blocking compost is a special growing media which, when water is added and it is compressed, forms a self-contained block for a seed to grow meaning that neither pots or trays are needed.
“The volume of Levington B2 used to grow salad crops equates to in excess of 500 million plants per year - all grown for UK consumption,” said Shaun Cavanagh, Scotts business development manager. “That means that around 70 per cent of all salad in the UK is grown in Scotts blocking compost. “The growth we have seen in this sector proves that Levington B2 provides plants with the best start in life. It also reflects the increasing demand for organic products; we produce an organic version of Levington B2.”
Premier Plant Producers is one plant propagator that is seeing great results with Scotts growing media. The company, based near Hull, produces an extensive range of young plants such as lettuce and fennel, as well as strawberry plants, in 26 acres of glasshouses, and supplies grower all over the UK and Ireland.
“I’ve used Scotts growing media most of my life, and the main reason for this is consistent quality,” says Premier Plant Producers owner Peter Overvoorde. “The Levington B2 is just the right texture: not too dense, to allow for healthy root growth. We get through two or three loads a day - around 11,000m3 per year - and we always receive the same high quality product.”
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