EVENT REVIEW: GLEE 2021
WESTLAND’s new liquid feed ‘Boost’ is set to take plant food to a whole new level. The first all-purpose plant feed optimised for both peat and peat free composts, Boost is a major step forward in the world of plant feeds. Using Westland’s ‘plant sense technology’, it guarantees four times more blooms and more fruits and vegetables compared to watering alone, giving consumers the garden they’ve always wished for. This product has the perfect blend of high-quality nutrients, with an extra boost of potassium and benefits from having no nitrates within the source of Nitrogen. Boost is engineered to almost eliminate leaching, and is better for the environment, through
reduced water waste and removing nutrient loss. Together with a mix of trace elements and added seaweed, Boost works on all soil types to guarantee
success. With an added unique water management technology and an easy squeeze dosing system, application is faster and more efficient, particularly important for drier peat free mixes.
New MIRACLE-GRO Nourish & Protect is a pesticide free, sustainably packed and sourced range of products. An industry first, each product has two uses: providing the necessary nourishment for healthy garden growth, whilst protecting the garden from unexpected weather changes, as well as unwanted bugs and slugs. The four new products in the range include: Nourish & Protect for Rose, Shrub & Ornamentals; Nourish & Protect for Flowers, Fruit and Veg; Nourish & Protect Seaweed Plant Food and Nourish & Protect Seaweed Lawn Food. After extensive research of 13,000 gardeners carried out in 2018, Miracle-Gro identified that gardeners from novice to full green-fingered felt the market for products to care for their garden was a confusing place; the number of products available, their potential effect on the environment and that the need for multiple applications of a product often left them bored and meant they rarely completed the task at hand (Kantar, 2018). In response to the consumer insight, Miracle-Gro Nourish & Protect was
born to resolve the above barriers and simplify gardening in one simple application, with a main goal to encourage gardeners to feed their plants and use preventatively, rather than to treat pests and or disease once it has taken hold.
SOUTHERN TRIDENT was awarded two new product awards at this year’s Glee trade show, for its new range of coir-based, peat-free growing media under the new Harmony Gardens brand. These were the Best New Growing Media Product 2021 and the Sustainability Award. Southern Trident is proud of its high-quality range of peat-free, coir-based composts and other growing media. Previously, these were only sold as dried, compressed coir bricks, but the Harmony Gardens range is a new venture expanding the company into the world of bagged products. Harmony Gardens includes: a peat-free multi-purpose compost with a balanced, mineral fertiliser; a full size grow bag that is perfect for growing fantastic crops of fruit and vegetables and delivering amazing flavour; top soil for creating new garden borders, replacing old soil and levelling lawns; soil improver, which contains a unique form of nitrogen, that helps improve all poor soils, adding organic structure and enhancing the performance of all plants. All products in the Harmony Gardens portfolio are mixes of recycled or by-product substrates from other industries and as well as being peat free, are all uniquely carbon neutral.
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FISKARS has launched a new Pruner portfolio in 2021, which consist of three ranges: Solid, Plus and X-Series. The collections offer a variety of pruners that are suitable for both experienced and novice gardeners alike, offering more accessibility for purchasers and new targeting opportunities for retailers. The portfolio also contributes to Fiskars’ vision for sustainability as it features 80 per cent less plastic compared to current packaging.
Winter fuel experts DIZMEZS showcased its READYBLAZE product at Glee 2021 for the first time. READYBLAZE is a new firewood brand ideal for the UK market. The brand combines superior performance with environmentally friendly features. Every piece of timber in their firewood products is kiln dried to under 20%
moisture content level, leading to cleaner and a more energy efficient product. READYBLAZE offers premium winter fuels for domestic home and outdoor use. The brand aims to keep people warm via a consistent quality product, manufactured from sustainably managed raw materials and a process designed to reduce carbon emissions. READYBLAZE is manufactured at the Dizmezs manufacturing hub in Latvia which has modern processing facilities, including a sawmill, a dimension and splitting mill and drying equipment. The range consists of kiln dried hardwood split logs, ideal for use on stoves, open fires and chimineas. In addition to Birch logs READYBLAZE also offer more premium options such as Ash, which burn hotter and longer than Birch logs. Food Grade Logs and Kindling are also available for wood fired cooking; specially prepared to reduce unwanted flavours being added to food. Also available in the range are Superheat Birch RUF Heat Logs and accessories for the fire such as Wood Wool Firestarter’s and standard Kindling.
Launched ahead of the 2021 season, which saw gardeners take to their gardens in droves, the SPOT- ON range of the high-performance and simple-to-use cleaning and weed control products from Sipcam Home & Garden, has witnessed phenomenal growth. New introductions to the range for 2022 will include the all-new SPOT-ON Ant & Crawling Insect Killer. Available as a 300g dustable insecticide powder, the product is suitable for use both in the garden to eliminate ant nests, and around the home in cracks and crevices where spiders, cockroaches, and bed bugs are infiltrating.
Joining the line-up will also be SPOT-ON Garden
Slug Killer. This product is designed to help gardeners to protect flowers and vegetable crops from slug attacks. Containing naturally active ingredient ferric phosphate bait, SPOT-ON Garden Slug Killer can be laid on bare ground and around all edible and non-edible crops grown indoors, in the greenhouse or under cover. Other products in the SPOT-ON portfolio include SPOT-ON Weed Killer,
SPOT-ON Long Lasting Patio Cleaner, SPOT-ON Outdoor Cleaning Fluid, and the bestselling SPOT-ON Black Spot Remover and Patio Restorer.
Southern Trident has also recently celebrated Soil Association accreditation for
all its responsibly-sourced coir growing media products, become an inaugural accredited member of the new Responsible Sourcing Scheme for Growing Media (RSSGM), and the company is now carbon neutral. Plus, this month, it won an International Green Apple Environment Award from The Green Organisation, and has become a Green World Ambassador – special people who demonstrate their environmental commitment by helping the organisation to achieve its prime target – to recognise, reward and promote environmental best practice around the world.
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