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A ROUND-UP OF THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
PREMIER FORESTS MILL TIMBER DIRECT LAUNCHES NEW E-COMMERCE SITE Following a surge in demand for their products over the last 12 months, Crumlin-based Mill Timber Direct has launched a new e-commerce site to cater for its growing customer base. Part of the award-winning Premier Forest Group, Mill Timber Direct is an outlet store supplying a range of high-quality timber products and ancillaries direct from the on-site sawmill to both trade and the public. The company, which has operated an outlet store from its sawmill site for five years, is responding to the needs of its customers by launching online shopping and home delivery of its full range of products across south Wales. Items include high quality landscaping timber products such as fencing and fencing accessories, garden furniture, decking, planters and sleepers. The site will also cater to trade professionals and features a full range of building materials such as tools and accessories, aggregates, timber sheets, plasterboards, drill bit accessories and screws. Full range of products is available at www.milltimberdirect.co.uk
HUSQVARNA UNVEILS LATEST GENERATION OF 90CC CHAINSAWS Husqvarna introduce its latest generation of chainsaws within the professional 90cc segment. The two models, Husqvarna 592 XP® and Husqvarna 585, are both extremely powerful and efficient, with a level of manoeuvrability rarely found in saws of this size and power. Both chainsaws are designed for the largest and toughest jobs in both forestry and urban tree care applications, while offering maximum productivity and comfort for its user. Whereas 592 XP® delivers best-in-class cutting capacity* and an improved level of reliability thanks to a new starting technology, 585 is an extremely durable chainsaw, combining the best of traditional technology with modern features. The new 90cc chainsaw generation from Husqvarna also takes a step forward in terms of connectivity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mieYcOffidM
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ELSOMS DEVELOPS NEW PELLETED BIRCH SEED During the lockdown period, Elsoms seeds have developed a pelleted Birch seed that is helping aid the handling of this miniscule tree seed. Birch seed is very light and requires specialist handling to avoid over-sowing and therefore costly thinning out at a later date. Cleaning and upgrading prior to pelleting using seed technologies used in the vegetable industry, Elsoms has proved an increase in performance for Birch seed germination, from 31% to 68%, making it suitable for pelleting. Pelleting adds weight to the seed, allowing the use of a mechanical seeder, planting a single seed in each module. This removes the need and cost of thinning. This innovative process using high germinating seed, sown individually, helps to reduce workload for module growers, waste, and labour cost, making Birch production more cost effective. Developed in partnership with Incotec Holland, samples will be available for trial in nurseries later this year. www.elsoms.com phillip.ayres@elsoms.com
NEW NURSERY FOR THE SOUTHWEST The Grower is a newly established family run forest nursery in the Southwest, offering wholesale supply of bareroot trees and hedging from Autumn 2021. The range includes mainly broadleaf trees and hedging in a range of specifications and sizes to suit your requirements. We are also excited to offer contract growing. The concept of The Grower is built on our passion for the landscape and the plants we grow. We are incredibly excited by our journey to help meet the growing requirements for planting material and look forward to sharing our story to increase awareness of where plants come from. Please get in contact and follow The Grower’s story over on LinkedIn or Instagram. www.thegrower.co.uk Instagram: @the_grower_nursery LinkedIn: Search The Grower Ltd
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