Humax Growing Media

Maximise your returns with Humax

The Retail Growing Media Top quality consistent growing media • Professionally produced • Traditional compost with latest technologies • O nly available at specialist outlets

Give your customers growing media they can trust and maximise your return on investments • Professionally produced • Traditional compost with the latest technologies added

Welcome to Humax

• Only available at specialist outlets

Established in 1883, Humax growing media is one of the oldest growing media companies in the UK, with a heritage of quality and value for money. Now under the care of ICL (formerly Everris) who provide Levington professional growing media to market, Humax has gone from strength to strength, due to the consistent quality of our products and the addition of the latest technologies.

• Both you and your customers can trust the quality and consistent results you will get from Humax

The Humax retail range offers a wide choice of product type and package sizes to suit both the amateur as well as the experienced keen gardener. With over a century of expertise in every bag, the Humax retail range has been designed to help our customers get the best possible results from their gardening efforts.

• Your customers will not find Humax or a compost of this quality at your multiples or large sheds • Over 100 years of heritage

• Maximise your return on investment and mix your Levington professional growing media with Humax retail product • Maximise your passing trade returns

As the Humax retail range is produced at our stateof-the-art factory alongside the Levington professional range, your customers can be guaranteed they are getting the very best quality growing media, which is made and recommended by the professionals.

Contact your local distributor or one of our Technical Area Sales Managers today.

Call: 01473 237 111. Web: www.gro-humax.co.uk

Exclusively available to nurseries, gardening and allotment societies and designed with the keen amateur gardener in mind, we are confident that once your customers have tried Humax they will remain a Humax user!

As a professional grower I have to carefully choose what I grow my plants in for best results and with Humax coming from the makers of Levington professional growing media, I have no hesitation recommending it to my customers. It provides me with an extra income source and guarantees repeat business because all my customers come back for more.

Vanessa Clark – Owner, Reighton Nursery Top image: Medwyn Williams: 11 times Chelsea gold medal winner and Humax ambassador.

Middle image: Geoff Moscrop: John Smiths Smooth leek open show winner 2014, pot leek World Record holder and Humax user.

Contact your local distributor or one of our Technical Area Sales Managers today.

Call: 01473 237 111. Web: www.gro-humax.co.uk

Retail Range Humax retail range offers a wide choice of product types and package sizes to suit the amateur as well as the experienced keen gardener. This range continues a tradition of no-nonsense quality products to give outstanding performance and customer satisfaction. To meet all your growing needs we recommend the use of Scotts Miracle-Gro® fertilizers and plant protection products together with Humax composts.

Humax Original The return of Humax Original formula compost shows that ICL has listened to customer demand. Including Nutrimate and Silver Sand, this formula has been tried and tested by discerning gardeners for years and spearheads our current range.

Ideal for: • Sowing and potting flowers, shrubs and vegetables • Hanging baskets and containers • Pots, tubs and window boxes • Indoor and outdoor plants • Landscaping projects Features & benefits: • Highest quality peat – sourced from our peat moor in Scotland and refined out of our Levington professional factory.

• H²Gro wetting agent – Spectacular 3-in-1 mode of action allows for all your customers’ plants’ water needs:

- Wetting and spreading agent

- Penetrating agent

- Re-wetting agent

• Start & Gro – our professional grade starter fertilizer giving plants and vegetables the perfect initial boost • Levington professional coir – to aid drainage and improve rooting • Silver Sand – Improves feel and flowability of the growing media

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Grow bigger plants with better colour.

Nutrimate is an organic growth stimulant that contains high levels of humic acid that locks available nutrients into the compost reducing leaching and fulvic acid that allows for better uptake and use of nutrients in the plants.

60 litre bags - 54 bags/pallet

Contact your local distributor or one of our Technical Area Sales Managers today.

Call: 01473 237 111. Web: www.gro-humax.co.uk

Humax Multi-Purpose Humax Multi-Purpose compost has been re-formulated to meet the high specification demands of our customers.

Noticeable differences are evident from the previous recipe as soon as you open a bag and the open, light structure will suit most retail growing situations.

Ideal for: • All your planting needs from sowing and potting flowers to shrubs and vegetables • Hanging baskets and containers • Pots, tubs and window boxes • Indoor and outdoor plants • Landscaping projects Features & benefits: • Highest quality peat – sourced from our peat moor in Scotland and refined out of our Levington professional factory.

• H²Gro wetting agent – Spectacular 3-in-1 mode of action allows for all your customers’ plants’ water needs:

- Wetting and spreading agent

- Penetrating agent

- Re-wetting agent

• Start & Gro – our professional grade starter fertilizer giving plants and vegetables the perfect initial boost • Levington professional coir – to aid drainage and improve rooting 40 litre bags - 80 bags/pallet 60 litre bags - 54 bags/pallet 75 litre bags - 45 bags/pallet

Contact your local distributor or one of our Technical Area Sales Managers today.

Call: 01473 237 111. Web: www.gro-humax.co.uk

Potting, Basket & Tub Compost No. 2

Ericaceous Compost

Grow Bag

Contains added John Innes for the perfect container compost.

Formulated for acid-loving plants.

Specially formulated using the finest ingredients.

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• Potting • Planting tubs • Hanging baskets 75 litre bags - 42 bags/pallet

Ideal for: Ericaceous (lime-hating) plants e.g. Heathers, Rhododendrons, Azaleas and Camellias Cuttings and planting out of pots, tubs and window boxes Increasing acidity of alkaline soils Creating acid beds and bog gardens

Ideal for: • Tomatoes • Courgettes • Peppers • Salad crops and vegetables 27 litre bags - 100 bags/pallet

40 litre bags - 80 bags/pallet

Features & Benefits •

Highest quality peat – sourced from our peat moor in Scotland and refined out of our Levington professional factory.

• H²Gro wetting agent – Spectacular 3-in-1 mode of action allows for all your customers’ plants’ water needs:

- Wetting and spreading agent

- Penetrating agent

- Re-wetting agent

• Start & Gro – our professional grade starter fertilizer giving plants and vegetables the perfect initial boost • Levington professional coir – to aid drainage and improve rooting

Decorative Bark A specially selected grade of chipped bark perfect for use as a dark decorative mulch.

Ideal for: • Mulching around plants to suppress weeds and conserve moisture • Surface dressing for garden beds, paths and seating areas • Ideal for protecting sensitive plants from frost 75 litre bags - 42 bags/pallet

FEATURES & BENEFITS • Helps prevent weed growth • Retains moisture in the soil • Aesthetically pleasing

Contact your local distributor or one of our Technical Area Sales Managers today.

Call: 01473 237 111. Web: www.gro-humax.co.uk

John Innes Seed No. 1

John Innes Potting No. 2

John Innes Potting No. 3

Traditional loam-based formulation for seed sowing.

Traditional loam-based formulation for pot plants.

Traditional loam-based formulation for tubs and containers.

Ideal for:

Ideal for:

Ideal for:

• Sowing a wide range of seeds including most flowers and vegetables

• General purpose loam-based compost

• Mature pot plants

• Houseplants

• Pricking out seedlings

• Final potting of tomatoes

• Bedding plants

• Potting rooted cuttings

• Chrysanthemums

• Tomatoes and salad crops

• Mixing with peat based compost for added nutrient retention Traditional loam-based formula

25 litre bags - 78 bags/pallet

• Outdoors shrubs

25 litre bags - 78 bags/pallet

25 litre bags - 78 bags/pallet

Features & Benefits

John Innes A traditional loam-based mixture of sterilised soil, peat and sand, made to a precise formulation containing all the plant nutrients needed for healthy growth. Humax John Innes Compost is available in three strengths.

• Highest quality loam – made to original formulation which has been tried and tested over a number of years • H²Gro wetting agent – Spectacular 3-in-1 mode of action allows for all your customers’ plants’ water needs:

- Wetting and spreading agent

- Penetrating agent

- Re-wetting agent

• Start & Gro – our professional grade starter fertilizer giving plants and vegetables the perfect initial boost

Contact your local distributor or one of our Technical Area Sales Managers today.

Call: 01473 237 111. Web: www.gro-humax.co.uk

The Professional Horticulture Team At ICL we have a dedicated team who have worked with growers for a number of years, gaining vast experience in the horticulture field. We pride ourselves on our technical expertise and expect the highest of standards from our team, who are all FACTS and BASIS qualified (or are studying towards these qualifications). They are there to offer support to maximise your crops and yields throughout the year.

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Ian Todd MBPR Technical Area Sales Manager +44 (0)7831 835889 ian.todd@iclsf.com

Jackie Hall MBPR Technical Area Sales Manager +44 (0)7778 603120 jackie.hall@iclsf.com

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Wendy Robinson Technical Area Sales Manager +44 (0)7785 976068 wendy.robinson@iclsf.com

Shaun Cavanagh MBPR Sales & Business Development Manager +44 (0)7778 603043 shaun.cavanagh@iclsf.com

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John Clarke MBPR Technical Area Sales Manager +44 (0)7867 787315 john.clarke@iclsf.com

Steve Hughes MBPR Technical Area Sales Manager +44 (0)7799 481489 steve.hughes@iclsf.com

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Stuart Gammage Technical Area Sales Manager +44 (0)7920 084972 stuart.gammage@iclsf.com

Dean Sandford MBPR Technical Area Sales Manager +44 (0)7747 196217 dean.sandford@iclsf.com

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To order your ICL products or get the latest information and advice.

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