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SylvaGrow tips for growing garden roses in containers

Top tips for growing roses in containers

2022-06-13
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With rose season in full swing, Catherine Dawson shares advice for healthy, productive and peat-free garden roses Who can fail to be moved by the sight and scent of a beautiful rose in the June sunshine? Many roses give colour, scent and structural interest to the garden. You can buy containerized roses at all times…

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Sylvagrow tulip planting tips

Time for tulip planting!

2021-11-11
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  November is perfect for planting tulips for flowering in the spring. Here’s our top bulb-planting tips…   Just when you think there’s nothing left to plant, along come tulips! From cups, goblets to fringed parrots; through snow white and stripes to shocking pink – tulips hide unseen for a quarter of the year, only…

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Autumn mulching tips and products

2021-10-18
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  We don’t just make beautiful peat-free composts. Our FSC-certified bark and mulch range offers a variety of ways to bring some TLC to your garden this autumn   Autumn or spring mulching is a great way to lock in a multitude of soil benefits. A mulch can help suppress weeds and encourage beneficial soil…

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10 autumn garden jobs

2021-09-08
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Gloves and wellies at the ready! Here’s our top ten jobs to be getting on with in the autumn garden or allotment…   1. Sow autumn leaves It’s not too late to sow crops such as Chinese mustard, mizuna and American land cress for salad leaves. And they can easily be grown in containers. Find…

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Sustainable tips for your garden and allotment

2021-08-03
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August’s National Allotment Week focussed on how allotments could contribute to a sustainable future. Here, we offer five ways you can save precious natural rescources on your plot   Save water Drier springs and hotter summers have meant it’s even more important to find a more sustainable way to preserve water. It’s estimated the average…

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SylvaGrow® Farmyard wins Garden Press Event ‘New Product Award’

2021-03-25
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Melcourt has been voted Best New Product for the second year in a row. SylvaGrow Farmyard was voted top product by delegates at the 2021 Garden Press Event. Melcourt’s managing director Andy Chalmers said: “We’re delighted to win this prestigious award. Our peat-free SylvaGrow Farmyard is an excellent product for all gardens because it’s full…

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Why our composts are suitable for vegans

2021-01-25
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We delve deeper into our vegan composts this month and explain just what makes them perfect for vegan gardeners. Interest in vegan gardening has sky rocketed in the last year – and with it the curiosity about our vegan range. Many of our peat-free SylvaGrow composts are suitable for use by vegans, but exactly what…

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January Jobs in the Garden

2020-12-18
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Grab the New Year by both gardening gloves! Melcourt’s technical director Catherine Dawson shows you how to plant a tree, take root cuttings and get mulching January. A new year with all the hope and promise that it brings – this year more than ever. Many of us were thankful for the sanctuary of our…

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Using our products in the garden