PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS CATALOG From Bog to Bag to You.................................. 3 Grower Technical Services............................. 4 Professional Peat Moss.................................. 5 Amendments......................................................5 RESiLIENCE® .................................................... 6-7 Propagation Mixes........................................... 8-9 Peat Mixes......................................................... 10-11 Bark Mixes........................................................ 12-14 contents Natural & Organic Mixes................................ 15 Hydro Mixes...................................................... 16 Mix Usage Guides.............................................17 New – Web and Mobile Site........................... 18 North American Locations.............................. 19 contents GROWER TECHNICAL SERVICES Sun Gro® Horticulture’s superior Technical Specialists are one of our greatest assets. Our many expert horticultural scientists work with customers to answer technical questions, provide a full suite of testing services and find the best-fit products for their needs. From start to finish, Sun Gro experts are there to help you achieve superior results every time. Sun Gro Horticulture’s Technical Specialists will help you and your growers: • Choose the right products for your needs • Answer technical questions • Interpret test results • Improve your growing operations Sun Gro Horticulture provides the best Analytical Services to meet our customer’s needs. We provide the following analyses and services to optimize all your growing parameters: • Water Analysis • Growing Media Analysis • Plant Tissue Analysis • Fertilizer Analysis grower tech Unmatched expertise in plant science, nutrition and plant health. If you have a question for our Technical Specialists, go to our contact page on our website www.sungro.com/contact-us and one of our team members will assist you. For testing services, please follow the link to learn more about our testing options: www.sungro.com/services/analytical-services 4 5 PROFESSIONAL PEAT MOSS AMENDMENTS Perlite & Vermiculite Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Sunshine Perlite and Vermiculite have a wide range of applications that will always be in demand. Our select line of Sunshine Canadian Sphagnum peat moss is 100% organic Clean and lightweight, these materials can be used and OMRI listed. The high water holding capacity and excellent aeration from propagation to finished production. Sun Gro’s makes our peat moss the choice for growers who mix their own or other Sunshine brand Perlite and Vermiculite have long been known for quality and consistency and are professional uses. packaged in 4 cu ft bags or 60 cu ft Minibulk bags. Grower Grade Green Grower Grade Orange Grower Grade Green is a screened short fiber Grower Grade Orange is less fibrous than our Grower professional peat moss recommended for any situation Grade White. It is used throughout the greenhouse trade when a fine growing medium is required. It is most often for vegetable and forestry seedling production, plant used in the golf course construction trade, for mushroom production, mushroom production and in mixing your production, seed starting and plug production. own media. grower tech ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ Ingredients: Ingredients: Perlite • Canadian Sphagnum peat moss • Canadian Sphagnum peat moss Used to improve the drainage and aeration of growing media, Sunshine Perlite is a porous, lightweight, expanded SIZE UNITS/PALLET SIZE UNITS/PALLET volcanic rock. Its high porosity makes it a good aggregate in potting and germination mixes. 110 cu ft 1 110 cu ft 1 ................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................ 55 cu ft 2 55 cu ft 2 .................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................. Ingredients: 5.5 cu ft 18 5.5 cu ft 18 • Perlite ................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................... 3.8 cu ft 30 3.8 cu ft 30 SIZE UNITS/PALLET DESCRIPTION 60 cu ft 2 Coarse ................................................................................................................... 4 cu ft 30-33+ Coarse Grower Grade White Grower Grade Blue The most popular of our professional peat moss line, Grower Grade Blue (Special Coarse), is our most Grower Grade White has a fibrous consistency fibrous professional peat moss. Visually, you will immediately that improves aeration and increases drainage to notice that it is a very chunky peat, with a very high air promote plant root development. Used throughout the capacity. It is suitable for orchids, azalea & camellia greenhouse/nursery trade for vegetable, flowering plant, production, ground beds, bulbs, or when a highly porous Sun Gro is a proud member mushroom and nursery production. It is widely used mix is required for large containers. Limited availability. of The Perlite Institute from flat production to larger pot and hanging basket ................................................................................................ and The Vermiculite production. Ingredients: Association. ................................................................................................ • Canadian Sphagnum peat moss www.perlite.org Ingredients: www.vermiculite.org • Canadian Sphagnum peat moss Horticultural Vermiculite SIZE UNITS/PALLET SIZE UNITS/PALLET A naturally occurring mineral, vermiculite is highly 110 cu ft 1 110 cu ft 1 ................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................... absorbent, lightweight and an essential part of many soilless 55 cu ft 2 55 cu ft 2 growing mixes. In addition to Increasing mix water-holding .................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................. 5.5 cu ft 18 5.5 cu ft 18 capacity, its high CEC helps retain nutrients. ................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................ 3.8 cu ft 30 3.8 cu ft 30 Ingredients: • Vermiculite SIZE UNITS/PALLET DESCRIPTION +Pallet counts vary by site due to raw material variability. Please contact your local Sun Gro Customer Resource Center for specific pallet counts for your area. 60 cu ft 2 Medium/Coarse/X-Coarse ................................................................................................................... 4 cu ft 30-33+ Medium/Coarse/X-Coarse 5 6 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ® RESiLIENCE® is Sun Gro’s brand name for growing mixes containing silicon, which is a natural and beneficialplant nutrient. How do I know that the silicon in RESiLIENCE® mixes is in the mix or if it is being taken up by the plant? Q The best way to know that RESiLIENCE® is in the mix is to observe plant responses, which vary among plant species and cultivars. Plant responses may include enhanced root growth, increased stem diameter and strength, improved drought tolerance and delayed wilting between waterings. Why do plant growth responses vary? Q Plants take up, accumulate and use silicon differently. The amount of silicon in the plant tissue does not necessarily relate to immediate, improved plant performance. • Some plants efficiently use small amounts of silicon that they take up daily. • Other plants take up and store silicon, utilizing it when exposed to stressful conditions. • Certain plant species take up silicon rapidly when exposed to environmental stresses. ® In this case, RESiLIENCE mixes are like an insurance policy... available when needed. RESiLIENCE Do RESiLIENCE® mixes provide silicon for the life of the plant? Q Our research with long term crops like poinsettias and mums has shown that plants were still accumulating silicon after 16-18 weeks. If I transplant RESiLIENCE® grown plants into bigger pots without using RESiLIENCE® mix, Q will silicon still benefit the plant? Once a plant takes up silicon, it stays in the plant and gets deposited in the cell structure. Silicon doesn’t move around in the plant. As plants grow in RESiLIENCE® mixes, roots encounter and take up silicon. As the roots grow in the new (no silicon) mix, there is no silicon available to the new roots. The benefits of the original RESiLIENCE® mix will diminish because only the older part of the plant will have any silicon available. What is the shelf life of silicon in the packaged