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Peat-free compost: the latest developments, new products, supply pressures, price rises and consumer appetite with Southern Trident's Steve Harper (opens the original)
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Peat-reduction is a big issue and with Defra's Peat Strategy consultation around the corner, demand for compost higher than ever, horticulture is facing a tricky transition to be peat-free by 2024. Southern Trident's Steve Harper talks about the challenge of creating products fit for the horticultural production market and persuading retail consumers that it is worth paying extra to go peat-free as supply constraints force prices up by an expected 10-20% in 2022. But Harper hopes the coir-based
Could EV charging be a golden opportunity for garden centres? With Richard Seppings of ElectRoad (opens the original)
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Diversification and multiple income streams is the name of the game for garden centres looking to future proof their businesses. One such income stream could be electric car charging and this week's guest on the HortWeek Podcast believes tapping this rapidly expanding market is the perfect way to "make existing space work harder commercially. ElectRoad is an independent electric vehicle charging network and infrastructure specialist and founder Richard Seppings believes “Ggrden centres already h
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