Made from Nature, Safe for Nature Hygeia launch their new Nature Safe pest control and growing media range, all made from natural, sustainably sourced seaweed and seashell by-product from the wild Atlantic shoreline of Connemara, Galway in the West of Ireland. Shortlisted in the GLEE New product awards, Hygeia’s Nature Safe Slug and Snail barrier is made from crushed seashells, making it 100% sustainably sourced by utilising waste products. The sharpness of the crushed seashells create a barrier that slugs and snails will not cross over. The material takes longer than standard slug barriers to break down plus will provide additional benefits of enriching the soil naturally with calcium and chitin once it does break down. This Chitin naturally found in seashells also adds an additional pest control element, creating an
inhabitable environment for most garden pests. The new Nature Safe Lawn Aid and Plant Pest defence contains seaweed which stimulates growth, nutrient uptake and reduces abiotic stress such as drought, frost, flooding and sun scorch. It also introduces the benefits of Chitin that naturally lives on the skeleton of crustaceans, which increases the presence of lytic enzymes in the soil, creating an environment which garden pests will avoid, acting as a natural prevention treatment. Expanding on their already popular range of seaweed feeds comes a new Nature Safe rooting gel. With all the benefits of concentrated seaweed, Laminara digitata, and using bioactive molecules, the gel forms a protective seal on the plant cutting thus providing protection against desiccation. The natural bio-stimulant properties of seaweed assists in new root generation and Humics provide strong growth during the establishment period.
Sustainably sourced seaweed hand-harvested off the Coast of Connemara, Galway in the West of Ireland, and cold pressed for maximum extraction. This proprietary cold process technology retains more bioactive compounds and micro-nutrients naturally present in seaweed.
