Seed raised products such as Impatiens, Petunia, Pansies and Primroses are sown by two types of machine; a drum seeder which is versatile for short sowing runs and a high speed, high accuracy, Decop plate seeder for large production runs. Seed can be sown into Super Seedling trays (compressed peat pellets, which are easy to handle) or loose peat filled plug trays. We can sow up to 300 trays per hour in various plug trays from 405 to 126 cells. These are then distributed through the business for our own production, or sold to other growers.

Cuttings such as Surfinia, Fuchsia and Bacopa are all inserted by hand into a range of different plug trays sizes from 48 to 126 cells.

The plug trays used for our own production are predominantly transplanted by machines into both pack and pot bedding. There are 5 transplanters producing pack bedding that, during our peak season from March to April, run up to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week transplanting up to 90,000 boxes or 3.3 million plugs per day.

In 2011, we will produce approximately 6.5 million packs in various sizes including 6 and 12 cell packs, and value multi-packs. We will also produce in excess of 2.1 million pots and hanging baskets, in a wide range of different sizes including 9cm, 10.5cm and 1, 2 & 6 litres. Our top sellers are Impatiens, Petunia and Lobelia which make up 31% of the total packs produced, with over 18 million Impatiens seeds sown each year.

Our comprehensive Quality Assurance process ensures all our despatched products meet the high standards we demand and that our customers expect. Product is pre-priced through 5 pricing lines that can price up to 86,000 boxes per day and picked into customer orders using a bespoke state of the art collating machine. During our peak season in April and May, these machines will often run 24/7, collating up to 1,200 danish trolleys per day for immediate despatch to our customers.