Growing Media

The new BPOA Technical Committee Propagation Subgroup are interested if you have any evidence you would like to share as part of a proposal to request a peat exemption for propagation. The BPOA believe there is a strong case for exemptions, we need to show where and why exemptions are needed. We are currently looking…

Ending the retail sale of peat in horticulture in England and Wales consultation is available online and it is vital your views are heard.Please have your say, every opinion counts Please note that DEFRA has asked for as many individual responses as possible. A BPOA response on behalf of our members only counts as one…

Members’ responses to the importance of current items of service provision response to a survey question on priorities for research Added priorities for research suggested by respondents. R&D levy survey of attitudes to areas needing funding Seek to determine the best recyclable tray to enable best practise and standardisation of sales unit offered by the industry to…

GM update October 2020. The GMA with the HTA recently published the data on the use of peat and other materials for both the Hobby and Professional Grower markets. Overall for 2019 the data clearly shows that peat use is below the 50% mark in GM. The Hobby market figure stands around 42% and the…

The good news is that it appears from BPOA Grower members that there is a sea change in attitudes to peat reduction and that many growers and their customers are investing in going peat free in 2022. BPOA Growers have been reducing peat consumption for over twenty years responding to initiatives driven by NGO’s such…