Fertil has been proposing its Fertipot in horticulture for nearly 70 years , but the company now targets arboriculture and grocery horticulture with a range of products specifically adapted to the motivation of these sector . “Fertilpot has always been mostly made of forest fiber . But for 5 - 6 years , we have indue a caboodle in research and innovation to remove the peat from the product components . This way , Fertilpot is designed with 100 % wood fibre and entirely raw , ” explains Sigrid Hansen , Export - Manager Europe at Fertil .
“ Our supply is 100 % local”The company , site in the Vosges , is add exclusively with raw fabric from this wood realm . “ We purchase Natalie Wood from thinning that is worked here , processed into a library paste and mold to take form the potty that will accommodate plants and seedlings or cut . ”
Fertil offers a wide range of different pot sizing , from the 5x5 for marketplace horticulture to the 3L slew for tree farming . It is ideal for use in constitutional production .
An agronomic interest
Fertilpot give great agronomic benefit as it is both water- and air - permeable . For off - dry land cultivation , there is an aery mete phenomenon which makes the roots stop at the edge of the pot instead of turning around at bottom . This allow the rootlets , small ramification of hairlike roots to originate . We then obtain much more hair than with a plastic pot . Therefore , the plant is much more robust and much better prepared to be engraft in the ground . This is particularly interesting for species with a fragile ascendant system , ” excuse Sigrid .
5X5 Fertilpot salad plant in Switzerland
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Another non - negligible advantage of Fertilpot is that it is very easy to use . Indeed , it is not necessary to remove the passel before planting . Once in the ground , the roots feel the humidity from the dirt and go through the Fertilpot that will degrade course . “ Although it diverge calculate on the species and the conditions of polish , the flora keeps for a year in the Fertilpot before it is imbed and decomposes into humus in the undercoat , ” explicate Sigrid .
“ Additionally , we eliminate much of the plastic waste in the woodlet . Being 100 % biodegradable and plantable , Fertilpot does not render any plastic waste . For the retiring 2 yr , we have really been feeling a variety in the production habits . In greenhouse , Fertilpot has already been widely used for 15 years for vernal plant in Italy . The demand is evolving towards restricting the use of charge plate and promoting the role of recyclable trays , as it is done in the market horticulture sphere for the culture of young plants in Austria and Switzerland . ”
According to Sigrid , “ It makes mother wit to use Fertilpot for any tree diagram or vegetable flora that will be engraft straightaway in the land ! ”
Francis Paon and Sigrid Hansen - Catania at Fruit Attraction 2019
For more information : Sigrid Hansen - CataniaFertilpotPhone : +33 6 71 70 71 61[email protected]https://www.fertil.fr / https://www.fertil.fr / pots - biodegradables/
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