A renewable energy provider which grows and harvests maize in a bid to improve the environment hopes its new product will help gardeners take a more sustainable approach.
Pretoria Bio, of Chittering near Ely, has launched peat-free fertiliser products under its Natura Grow range.
Rob Barton, who helped launch the Natura Grow brand, said: “I hope this will take the gardening world by storm.”
The maize, grown and harvested to use as an energy crop, supplies green electricity to the National Grid as organic plant residues are converted to make environmentally-friendly fertilisers.
The conversion into fertilisers takes place in-house to help maintain low carbon footprint to ensure the process remains as sustainable as possible.
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A Pretoria Bio spokesperson said: “Natura Grow products are peat-free, sustainable and vegan-friendly, derived purely from plant residue and containing no food or animal waste.
“High organic and natural nutrition is achieved by utilising these plant residues and locking them into a pellet…
