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We are always on the look out for interesting new gardening products that could be of practical use to ourselves and yourselves. For that reason we visited this years edition of Iberflora Spain’s major gardening professional trade show. It’s the show case for revamped and new gardening products from both Spanish and International companies. There is also an extensive plants section.
This years show was rather smaller than in earlier years due to the economic conditions. As a result there was less to see but it was easier to walk round and find exhibitors with time to talk. The products we found most interesting are described in this article. Some can already be found in the more forward thinking garden centres and horticultural shops and for others you will need to wait until next spring.
1. Water Butts
If you don’t yet have a water butt for collecting rain water from A roof have a look at the products of Graf on www.grafiberica.com. We have never seen such a collection. Their collection includes plastic butts disguised as Roman columns, wine fermenting sizes earthenware jars, stone walls and stone planters with plants growing on top. They are not yet available in many garden centre but we were told that you can order direct via info@grafiberica.com or 972-913767.
2. Genuine Eco Grow Bags
Remember those grow bags we loved to use in England for growing a few tomato plants. Well Flora Guard are launching them in Spain and they should start to be seen in garden centres by the end of the year. Look out for their red bags specially prepared for fruit vegetables such as tomatoes peppers and aubergines and the green bags developed for the growing of leaf vegetables such as lettuces Swiss chard (acelga) and herbs. Grow bags fit in very well with the many
We are always on the look out for interesting new gardening products that could be of practical use to ourselves and yourselves. For that reason we visited this years edition of Iberflora Spain’s major gardening professional trade show. It’s the show case for revamped and new gardening products from both Spanish and International companies. There is also an extensive plants section.
This years show was rather smaller than in earlier years due to the economic conditions. As a result there was less to see but it was easier to walk round and find exhibitors with time to talk. The products we found most interesting are described in this article. Some can already be found in the more forward thinking garden centres and horticultural shops and for others you will need to wait until next spring.
1. Water Butts
If you don’t yet have a water butt for collecting rain water from A roof have a look at the products of Graf on www.grafiberica.com. We have never seen such a collection. Their collection includes plastic butts disguised as Roman columns, wine fermenting sizes earthenware jars, stone walls and stone planters with plants growing on top. They are not yet available in many garden centre but we were told that you can order direct via info@grafiberica.com or 972-913767.
2. Genuine Eco Grow Bags
Remember those grow bags we loved to use in England for growing a few tomato plants. Well Flora Guard are launching them in Spain and they should start to be seen in garden centres by the end of the year. Look out for their red bags specially prepared for fruit vegetables such as tomatoes peppers and aubergines and the green bags developed for the growing of leaf vegetables such as lettuces Swiss chard (acelga) and herbs. Grow bags fit in very well with the many
other ways of growing vegetables on a small scale described in Part Two of ‘ Your Garden in Spain’
3. Neudorff Eco garden products.
We mentioned Neudorff’s ecological snail killer in an earlier article. That was on their stand but most importantly so were the other products that are now being sold into retail outlets. The products that appealed to us were as follows.
· Pasta de Poda – an ecological sealant for the bare cuts when you prune large branches and trunks of trees and large shrubs to prevent fungal spores from entering the wounds and causing rot to set in. The idea of the product is not new but it is now in a handy tube with a hard plastic brush action applicator on the end so you do not need to use and throw a way a paint brush each time you do some pruning.
· Fertilizante Coniferas – an ecological fertilizer to strengthen and darken the green of your aging conifer hedge. We have already applied some as there is much new growth after the autumn rains.
· Repellent Spray de Perros y Gatos – a combined spray for keeping pet and feral cats and dogs of your flower beds and pots and for spraying the gate posts to deter passing dogs and inhibit the entry of cats. Unfortunately it requires a weekly treatment.
· Nuevo Fertilizante Huerta y Jardín – an eco fertilizer available in 2.5 kilo plastic sacks. Very handy for fertilizing vegetables growing in containers as well as enriching potting composts when planting flowering plants in containers and a half yearly topping up.
· Fertilizante Tomates – at last in Spain a genuine ecological tomato fertilizer.
If one looks at the German catalogue of Neudorff they have plenty of other new products for launch in the Spanish market in the coming years – they set up as the manufacturer of ecological agricultural products in 1854.
4. Long spout fine spray watering can – We have been looking for this for a long time in Spain and we found one at
We mentioned Neudorff’s ecological snail killer in an earlier article. That was on their stand but most importantly so were the other products that are now being sold into retail outlets. The products that appealed to us were as follows.
· Pasta de Poda – an ecological sealant for the bare cuts when you prune large branches and trunks of trees and large shrubs to prevent fungal spores from entering the wounds and causing rot to set in. The idea of the product is not new but it is now in a handy tube with a hard plastic brush action applicator on the end so you do not need to use and throw a way a paint brush each time you do some pruning.
· Fertilizante Coniferas – an ecological fertilizer to strengthen and darken the green of your aging conifer hedge. We have already applied some as there is much new growth after the autumn rains.
· Repellent Spray de Perros y Gatos – a combined spray for keeping pet and feral cats and dogs of your flower beds and pots and for spraying the gate posts to deter passing dogs and inhibit the entry of cats. Unfortunately it requires a weekly treatment.
· Nuevo Fertilizante Huerta y Jardín – an eco fertilizer available in 2.5 kilo plastic sacks. Very handy for fertilizing vegetables growing in containers as well as enriching potting composts when planting flowering plants in containers and a half yearly topping up.
· Fertilizante Tomates – at last in Spain a genuine ecological tomato fertilizer.
If one looks at the German catalogue of Neudorff they have plenty of other new products for launch in the Spanish market in the coming years – they set up as the manufacturer of ecological agricultural products in 1854.
4. Long spout fine spray watering can – We have been looking for this for a long time in Spain and we found one at
