A leading British plant retailer, Roots Plants, has selected the latest Air-Pot® range to help boost sustainability and showcase how horticulture’s new generations are working in harmony with the environment.
Alex Curran, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Roots Plants explains: “We’re part of the newest generation of innovative growers and nursery owners. We’re pledged to cutting our carbon plant-print and only work with those whose high standards of sustainability match our own, and who are constantly finding new ways to cut down on plastics and reduce waste.
“We’re constantly investing in innovation to help us achieve our environmental goals, and we’re confident that growing in Air-Pot® containers will give us strong, healthy plants that are better able to cope with any challenging growing conditions they may encounter thanks largely to the superior root systems they develop. This is, of course, especially important given the extreme weather we’re experiencing due to climate change and the rising cost of maintaining plants on the nursery.
The British-made Air-Pot® system has been in existence for 30 years, but the latest generation Air-Pot® 7 was launched at IPM Essen earlier this year and is designed to further enhance plant growth through greater root health improvements.
Georgie Single, Marketing & Sales Representative at Air-Pot®, which is based in Edinburgh, says: “We’ve been making the world’s best air pruning container for more than three decades, but we’ve not been content to rest on our laurels and have been constantly looking at how we can improve, advance and evolve the design. Our Air-Pot® 7 range includes cones in a new shape that more effectively directs roots to a point of air, which results in increased air pruning and more consistent, positive root development.
“We’re delighted that the young, inspirational team who are at the helm at Roots Plants have chosen us and our new generation product to partner with. They are one of the latest adopters of our Air-Pot® kits in the UK and use 20 litre, 39 litre and 100 litre Air Pot containers.”
