Silversprings

Seed & Cutting Compost

Reduced peat compost with sand to help plant roots establish quicker.

• Sizes: 50L & 10L
• Recommended Uses: Seed sowing, taking cuttings, pricking out, potting and re-potting.
• Advice: Not suitable for lime-hating (ericaceous) plants.

Tub & Basket

Reduced peat compost with added water storage granules to help prevent compost drying out.

• Sizes: 50L & 10L
  
• Recommended Uses: Hanging baskets, containers, tubs and window boxes.
• Feeding Recommendation: After 6-8 weeks feed every 7-10 days with J Arthur Bower’s Tub & Basket liquid plant food.
• Main Period of Use: March to October.
• Advice: Not suitable for lime-hating (ericaceous) plants.

Multi Purpose Compost

Reduced peat compost containing Sincro Boost and all essential plant nutrients plus trace elements and a wetting agent.

• Sizes: 60L & 10L
  
• Recommended Uses: Seed sowing, taking cuttings, pricking out, potting and re-potting.
• Feeding Recommendation: Not suitable for lime-hating (ericaceous) plants.
• Advice: Not suitable for lime-hating (ericaceous) plants.

Ericaceous Compost

Reduced peat compost specially formulated with the correct pH balance for lime-hating plants.

• Sizes: 50L & 10L
  
• Recommended Uses: Potting, containers, outdoor planting of acid beds.
• Feeding Recommendations: After 4-6 weeks feed every 7-14 days with J Arthur Bower’s Ericaceous liquid plant food.
• Advice: Use only for lime-hating plants.

Multi Purpose Compost with John Innes

With added John Innes to improve the compost’s water and nutrient retention.

• Sizes: 50L & 10L
  
• Recommended Uses: Seed sowing, potting, houseplants, containers and hanging baskets.
• Feeding recommendations: After 4-6 weeks feed every 7-14 days with J Arthur Bower’s liquid plant food.
• Advice: Not suitable for lime-hating (ericaceous) plants.

Rose, Tree & Shrub Compost

Reduced peat compost which includes food for a year and an open texture for strong root development.

• Sizes: 50L
• Recommended Uses: Mix with soil when planting and moving new and established trees, shrubs and roses.
• Feeding Recommendation: No feeding is required for the first season.  Thereafter feed with J Arthur Bower’s Growmore once or twice a year.
• Advice: Not suitable for lime-hating (ericaceous) plants.

Aquatic Compost

Loam-based compost with added grit to give weight and stability to pond plant containers.

• Sizes: 20L & 10L
  
• Recommended Uses: Potting, planting out aquatic plants.
• Advice: Not suitable for lime-hating (ericaceous) plants.

Top Soil

Natural English loam blended with organic matter and nutrients.

• Sizes: 20L
• Recommended Uses: Creating new gardens, building raise areas and rockeries and levelling lawns.

Blended Farm Manure

A superb all round blended soil conditioner and source of nutients. 100% organic.

• Sizes: 50L
• Recommended Uses: Soil improving, planting and mulching.
• Where to use: Flower beds, border soil, planting holes and vegetable plots.
• Recommended depth: Various - see pack for details.
• Main period of use: Any time fo year.
  

African Violet Compost

Reduced peat compost with added nutrients to promote flowering and healthy foliage.

• Sizes: 10L
• Recommended Uses: Taking cuttings, potting and re-potting of African Violets and other flowering houseplants.
• Advice: Not suitable for lime-hating (ericaceous) plants.

Orchid Compost

A coarse mix of bark and reduced peat compost with an open structure.

• Sizes: 10L
• Recommended Uses: Potting and re-potting terrestrial most popular Orchids.
• Advice: Not suitable for lime-hating (ericaceous) plants.

Bonsai Compost

A free-draining loam-based compost ideal where root space is limited.

• Sizes: 10L
• Recommended Uses: Potting and re-potting Bonsai plants.
• Advice: Use only for lime-hating plants.

Bulb Fibre

Reduced peat compost containing oyster shell and wood charcoal to keep compost fresh and maintain the pH balance.

• Sizes: 10L
• Recommended Uses: Indoor and outdoor bulbs.
• Feeding recommendations: Contains all essential nutrients for the growing season.

Citrus Compost

Reduced peat, free-draining compost which has the correct pH balance for citrus plants.

• Sizes: 10L
• Recommended Uses: Potting and re-potting of oranges, lemons and other citrus fruit plants.
• Feeding Recommendation: Feed once a forthight between May ad September using J Arthur Bower’s liquid plant food.
• Advice: Not suitable for lime-hating (ericaceous) plants.

Cactus Compost

Reduced peat compost with added sand and grit to give excellent drainage.

• Sizes: 10L
• Recommended Uses: Seed sowing, pricking and potting cacti and succulents.
• Advice: After 4-6 weeks feed every 7-14 days during the growing seasons with a weak solution of J Arthur Bower’s liquid Multi-purposed plant food

Traditional Potting Compost

100% peat based compost based on sinclair professional potting compost
Contains added nutrients plus trace elements and a wetting agent.

   • Size 60L
    • Recommended Uses. Potting on plug plants and houseplants,
      filling hanging baskets, troughs and patio planters, growing
      flowers, shrubs, fruit and vegetables.
   •  Feeding Recomendation. After 4-6 weeksfeed every 7-14 days
      during the growing season with one of the J.Arthur Bowers liquid
      plant foods.
   •  Advise. Not suitable for lime hating (ericaceous) plants