April 2017

Less than a week to go before we’re heading into the month of May and being treated to not just one, but two more bank holidays! This year the Early May Bank Holiday happens on the 1st May, and as always the Spring Bank Holiday follows right at the end of the month, happening on the 29th May this year

The Mammoth Propagator 125 is the latest tent to arrive at Holland Hydroponics and it is ideal for germinating or propagating seeds. At L126cm x W62cm x H123cm the grow tent is big enough to house a few different propagators or plants yet small enough that it won’t take up all your space

In our last update we had just started to see the flowers appear on our watermelon plants and were being treated to some hand pollination by our team in Burnley. There are now a total of five pollinated flowers, but of course this doesn’t guarantee us five watermelons – we’ll have to see if all of them have fertilised first

When ensuring your plants are getting everything they need, there are three main nutrients and various micronutrients to contend with. Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) (Often known as NPK) are the macronutrients and are absolutely essential to growing healthy plants

Our watermelon plants are now at week 6 of growth, and the first fruit has appeared. Did you know that watermelon plants grow both female and male flowers? The female flower carries the fruit, and the male flower the pollen. So yes, this means pollination time! Most plants would rely on either wind or insects to pollinate their flowers

Yesterday we took a visit to the awesome Incredible AquaGarden in Todmorden to donate, with the generosity of Ikon International, a selection of BioTabs Starter Kits and CocoGuru Blockz for this seasons organic grow in AutoPots. Being a social enterprise, the principle behind Incredible AquaGarden is a simple one

Easter 2017 will be upon us sooner than we think and our opening times for the bank holiday weekend, at all four stores, is as follows: