ICL on growing media and successful peat-free growing

As part of a new series of podcasts for 2022, Sam and ICL's Andrew Wilson are returning to the topic of growing with peat-free compost, probably the hottest topic in the sector.The pair discuss what's available for growers and who is asking for what, the raw materials available, differences in nutrition, and other products which may need to be added to help boost plant quality.They give us the low down on the situation regarding professional growing media and reveal how is the industry responding to market changes.They discuss the challenges growers see with peat-free and peat-reduced growing media, meeting demand and the ingredients required to do that, as well as the nutrition in the mixes.Andrew WIlson flags up how to design irrigation systems to deal with issues of dryness while Sam Rivers discusses how the components of a peat-free mix fit together to form a growing media mix. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.