The plant uses a process called Respiration to drive growth and development. In much the same way that we respire, i.e. burning food to grow, develop and keep our bodies healthy, plants burn the food created by photosynthesis to fuel growth and to build and repair all of the component parts of the plant.
Category: Greenkeeping
Easily find out if you are spending too much on greenkeeping
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New Excel Range Organic Base Fertilisers added to shop
The Excel Range uses HumberPalmers highly successful ‘unique’ odourless organic base of plant origin, being free from any weeds or pathogens, but high in Humates and organic carbon.
This, in combination with using high quality mineral nutrients, provides a remarkable ‘natural’ phased release and so increases the efficiency of plant food nutrient uptake.
Fescue/Bent vs Annual Meadow Grass
The micro-life in the soil makes nutrients, the building blocks of plant tissue, available in plant useable form
Cytokinins, auxins, and gibberellins
Cytokinins, auxins, and gibberellins are three important plant hormones that play crucial roles in plant growth, development, and overall health.