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The guide to Container Nursery Stock
Grow, nurture and protect your container nursery stock
There are a diverse range of plants grown in the nursery story category, serving ornamental markets from households to large landscapes. ICL addresses challenges in this crop category through innovative products and dedicated service.
Liners
Rooted cuttings and plugs are potted into 7-9cm pots or multicell trays. Quick rooting is crucial for strong establishment, leading to robust growth and resistance to fungal infections.
General Nursery Stock
A wide variety of garden plants are grown, often grouped by nutrient needs. Pot sizes range from 1 to 10 litres. Long-term outdoor crops require balanced media for optimal growth and overwintering. H2Gro wetting agent improves water management. Nutrition is vital, especially for multi-seasonal growth.
Herbaceous Perennials
Herbaceous plants are potted in spring (9-11cm pots) for early sales or larger pots (1-3L) for later sales. Balancing nutrition is key, aiming for compact growth and vibrant flowering.
Ericaceous Plants
Grown in spring and autumn cycles, these plants have specific needs due to their slow growth and lime intolerance. Maintaining pH levels of 4.5 to 5 and managing fertiliser levels is essential.
Trees
A wide range of trees in varying species and sizes are grown in the UK and Ireland. Water and nutrient supply, including trace elements like iron, are vital for healthy foliage color. Balancing nitrogen levels to prevent soft growth susceptible to wind damage is crucial.
Recommendations
ICL recommends using these products to grow, nurture and protect your container nursery stock
Grow
ICL provides standard solutions like Levington Advance Peat Reduced and Levington Advance Sustain Peat Free growing media. Custom mixes are available through Levington Advance Solutions.
Nurture
Osmocote 5, with its unique nutrient release curve, encourages initial rooting and safe growth. It enhances release as plants establish, maximising growth. The OTEA system ensures trace element uptake.
Protect
ICL offers products to maintain plant health. Lalguard M52 GR and Prestop protect from pests and root disease in growing media. Seeka nematodes and Pitcher GR offer season-long vine weevil control. Mainspring controls pests like Western Flower Thrip. Vitalnova biostimulants boost plant health.
Grow
ICL provides standard solutions like Levington Advance Peat Reduced and Levington Advance Sustain Peat Free growing media. Custom mixes are available through Levington Advance Solutions
Nurture
The Osmocote 5 range not only contains NPK but also Magnesium and essential trace elements for optimum healthy growth, the S-shaped release is very efficient and optimized to the plant demand.
Depending on timing of sale we would recommend either 8-9m or 12-14m longevity.
Protect
To keep plants free of pest and diseases ICL offer a range of products which can help keep plants looking healthy and saleable for longer. For growing media incorporation ICL offer Lalguard M52 GR for dedicated bio-control of Black Vine Weevil as well as Prestop for protection from root disease.
For non-incorporated vine weevil control there is ICL’s Seeka nematode range and Pitcher GR, which form part of a IPM plan on nursery for season long vine weevil control. For controlling pests such as Western Flower Thrip ICL has Mainspring, a new insecticide available to market.
ICL also have a the Vitalnova range of biostimulant to help boost plant health throughout the growing season.
Grow
ICL provides standard solutions like Levington Advance Peat Reduced and Levington Advance Sustain Peat Free growing media. Custom mixes are also available through Levington Advance Solutions, including options like Levington Advance Alpine, Herbaceous, and Cyclamen growing media.
Nurture
Use Osmocote Exact High K releases sufficient Nitrogen at the start for balanced growth and then the high potassium levels encourage compact growth and flowering later in the season.
Protect
To keep plants free of pest and diseases ICL offer a range of products which can help keep plants looking healthy and saleable for longer. For growing media incorporation ICL offer Lalguard M52 GR for dedicated bio-control of Black Vine Weevil as well as Prestop for protection from root disease.
For non-incorporated vine weevil control there is ICL’s Seeka nematode range and Pitcher GR, which form part of a IPM plan on nursery for season long vine weevil control. For controlling pests such as Western Flower Thrip ICL has Mainspring, a new insecticide available to market.
ICL also have a the Vitalnova range of biostimulant to help boost plant health throughout the growing season.
Grow
ICL provides standard solutions like Levington Advance Peat Reduced for Container Nursery Stock. However, Ericaceous plants may need lower pH. We also offer tailored mixes through Levington Advance Solutions, customized for specific plants and nursery conditions. Learn more about our solutions.
Nurture
Using Osmocote Exact Lo.Start 16-18 month provides growers with the optimum product for the best quality of plant. The nutrient release matches the plants sensitive demands of the roots and ensures balanced growth which ensures the plants establish better, when eventually planted out. H2Gro will ensure
Protect
To keep plants free of pest and diseases ICL offer a range of products which can help keep plants looking healthy and saleable for longer. For growing media incorporation ICL offer Lalguard M52 GR for dedicated bio-control of Black Vine Weevil as well as Prestop for protection from root disease.
For non-incorporated vine weevil control there is ICL’s Seeka nematode range and Pitcher GR, which form part of a IPM plan on nursery for season long vine weevil control. For controlling pests such as Western Flower Thrip ICL has Mainspring, a new insecticide available to market.
ICL also have a the Vitalnova range of biostimulant to help boost plant health throughout the growing season.
Grow
ICL provides standard solutions like Levington Advance Peat Reduced and Levington Advance Sustain Peat Free growing media. We also offer customised Levington Advance Solutions mixes tailored to specific plants and nursery conditions.
Nurture
Using Osmocote 5 gives your trees the best nutrition package in this environment and will help provide great quality trees. Typically Osmocote 5 12 month is used but 8-9m working well for faster growing smaller trees which are sold in the spring after potting. The nutrient release matches the trees demands and ensures balanced growth which ensure the trees establish better when eventually planted out. H2Gro helps manage the water within the growing media and ensure availability to tree roots.
Protect
To keep plants free of pest and diseases ICL offer a range of products which can help keep plants looking healthy and saleable for longer. For growing media incorporation ICL offer Lalguard M52 GR for dedicated bio-control of Black Vine Weevil as well as Prestop for protection from root disease.
For non-incorporated vine weevil control there is ICL’s Seeka nematode range and Pitcher GR, which form part of a IPM plan on nursery for season long vine weevil control. For controlling pests such as Western Flower Thrip ICL has Mainspring, a new insecticide available to market.
ICL also have a the Vitalnova range of biostimulant to help boost plant health throughout the growing season.
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