Growing techniques · 20 August 2026
What is a professional growing medium?
“Growing medium”, “substrate”, “potting soil”: the terms overlap, but if you grow professionally the differences matter — because what a nursery or a plug…
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Growing techniques · 17 August 2026
What is blonde peat used for (and how does it differ from black peat)?
Blonde peat is the backbone of most professional growing media: if you produce seedlings, pot on young plants or formulate custom mixes, you have…
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Growing techniques · 3 August 2026
How do you recognise a leading professional substrate producer in Europe?
If you grow professionally — vegetable transplants, ornamentals, soft fruit, young plants — sooner or later you ask the question: who are the leading…
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Growing techniques · 29 July 2026
What expanded clay is used for — and how to use it for pots, drainage and hydroculture
Expanded clay is probably the best-known drainage material: those light, brick-coloured balls you find at the bottom of so many pots. But its role…
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Animal Bedding · 27 July 2026
Bedding for laying hens: how to reduce ammonia and moisture in the henhouse
If you keep laying hens, the litter isn’t just the floor they walk on: it decides how much ammonia they breathe, how dry their…
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Growing techniques · 20 July 2026
What volcanic lapillus (lava rock) is used for — and which plants need it
Volcanic lapillus often shows up on the surface of a pot or at the bottom of a planter, yet its role is rarely explained.…
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Growing techniques · 6 July 2026
What is vermiculite used for in horticulture (and when to use it)
Vermiculite shows up in countless substrate recipes without anyone ever explaining what it actually does. Yet a handful of expanded vermiculite in the right…
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Animal Bedding · 22 June 2026
Peat or straw bedding for horses: which works better?
If you run a stable, bedding isn’t a detail — it decides how dry the box stays, how much ammonia your horse breathes, and…
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Growing techniques · 12 June 2026
Block-cut peat vs milled peat: what difference does it make in the substrate?
When you choose a professional substrate, you rarely read how the peat at its base was harvested. Yet the extraction method decides much of…
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Growing techniques · 10 June 2026
What is the best professional seeding substrate?
If you raise plants from seed — vegetable transplants, ornamental plugs, young plants for grafting or potting on — you already know that sowing…
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Growing techniques · 3 June 2026
Growing blueberries in pots: the right substrate and the role of perlite
Blueberries are one of the crops where the substrate decides the outcome. They’re calcifuge plants with shallow, fine roots that demand an acidic, airy,…
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Growing techniques · 3 June 2026
What is top soil? A guide to the growing layer for turf and green areas
If you build or maintain turf, sports pitches or landscaped green areas, sooner or later you run into the word top soil. It’s used…
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