ICL's Chloe Whiteside on peat-free, fertiliser and biocontrol use for growers this winter
Chloe Whiteside, ICL’s technical area sales manager covering Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire – has spoken on the HortWeek podcast about the highs and lows of the 2025 spring bedding season and what the strong start and weaker finish mean for the 2026 bedding plant season.
She talks about what bedding growers should be doing in the lead-up to the spring season and gives advice about watering, nutrition and storage regimes for peat-reduced and peat-free growing media.
On nutrition, she talks about using controlled release fertiliser and water solubles, as well as which biocontrol…
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