With many government agencies asking growers to reduce peat and move to more ‘sustainable’ substrates, it is up to suppliers and growers to work together to produce the same high quality plants the market expects. Choosing ICL as your growing media and nutrition partner can have a host of major benefits, from the quality of raw materials and nutritional products, through to the exceptional service received from the ICL team and distributors.
It is hugely important to remember several key factors when growing in peat free and/or peat reduced growing media and this guide will help you identify the key components which ICL provide in order to keep your plants healthy and of the suitable quality for resale.
Things to remember when growing in peat reduced and peat free
- It is important to adapt irrigation to reflect the potentially lower water holding capacity of peat free substrates
- Extra nitrogen will be required to compensate for nitrogen lock up with the peat free growing medium, particularly if containing wood based products
- Peat free materials generally have a much lower buffering capacity than peat growing media, meaning nutrients are easily leached
- With peat based compost lime is used to adjust the pH of the growing media, this also provides essential calcium and magnesium. Peat free growing media requires less lime to correct the pH and consequentially provides less calcium and magnesium which will need to be supplemented in other ways.
Did you know?
It is important to use peat free materials as close to delivery as possible. Natural materials can continue to break down and create challenges the longer you hold on to them prior to potting
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The substrate for peat free & peat reduced growing media
Our team of highly qualified advisers provide you with specific recommendations regarding the correct nutrition for your crops and which inputs can be added to customise your growing media mix. This is more essential when growing in a non-peat based growing media. Our advisers are there, not only at the outset, but provide advice continually throughout the growing season, making sure that you maximise your crops’ quality and profitability.

Levington Advance Alpine, Herbaceous and Cyclamen is a peat reduced growing media product designed to provide a good open well drained structure with low base fertiliser levels. This is suitable for all Alpine, Herbaceous and Cyclamen crops & pots

Levington Advance Container Nursery Stock General is the ideal peat reduced growing medium for great quality plants. Taken as the industry standard over many years. Suitable for a acid loving plants such as Heather, Rhododendrons, Camellia and Pieris

Levington Advance Container Nursery Stock General is the ideal peat reduced growing medium for great quality plants. Taken as the industry standard over many years. Suitable for a wide variety of nursery stock crops, pots and liners.

Levington Advance Medium Coarse Potting is a peat reduced growing media product designed to provide a good open well drained structure with low base fertiliser levels. This is suitable for indoor and outdoor crops as well as pots, tubs & baskets.

Levington Pot & Bedding R-M2 is suitable is designed to grow a wide variety of bedding plants. M2 provides a good quality nutrient supply for feeding of up to four weeks.

Levington Advance Pot Plant General is a peat reduced growing media product designed to provide a good open well drained structure with low base fertiliser levels. Suitable for a wide variety of pot plant crops, pots, baskets and tubs.

Levington Advance Seed and Modular F2 growing media has a medium base level of fertiliser to meet the individual requirements of crops and their growing regimes. With its small particle size, H2Gro wetting agent and adjusted pH to the ideal level, plants will grow happily and healthily in Levington Advance.

Levington Advance Sustain Container Nursery Stock is the ideal peat free growing medium for great quality plants. Taken as the industry standard over many years, ICL continue to invest in the development of their sustainable raw materials making it the most technologically advanced growing media available.

Levington Advance Sustain Pot and Bedding is the ideal peat free media to produce the highest quality pot and bedding plants. ICL’s revolutionary H2Gro wetting agent (liquid and granules) is added as standard to make sure that water holding, even the most sensitive and most vigorous plants can be grown.

Levington Advance Sustain Potting is a sustainable growing media designed to provide a good open well drained structure with base fertiliser levels. H2Gro wetting agent is added to optimise water uptake and rooting. Different markets have different plant specifications so the growth can be controlled by adding Osmocote Exact or by liquid feeding

Levington Advance Sustain Seed and Modular growing media has a base level of fertiliser to meet the individual requirements of crops and their growing regimes. With its small particle size, H2Gro wetting agent and adjusted pH to the ideal level, plants will grow happily and healthily in Levington Advance Sustain.
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