Humax Growing Media

The Retail Growing Media

Top quality consistent growing media

• Professionally produced

• Traditional compost with latest technologies

• Only available at specialist outlets

Maximise your returns with Humax

Welcome to HumaxEstablished in 1883, Humax growing media is one of the oldest growing media companies in the UK, with a heritage of quality and value for money. Now under the care of ICL (formerly Everris) who provide Levington professional growing media to market, Humax has gone from strength to strength, due to the consistent quality of our products and the addition of the latest technologies.

The Humax retail range offers a wide choice of product type and package sizes to suit both the amateur as well as the experienced keen gardener. With over a century of expertise in every bag, the Humax retail range has been designed to help our customers get the best possible results from their gardening efforts.

As the Humax retail range is produced at our state-of-the-art factory alongside the Levington professional range, your customers can be guaranteed they are getting the very best quality growing media, which is made and recommended by the professionals.

Contact your local distributor or one of our Technical Area Sales Managers today.

Call: 01473 237 111. Web: www.gro-humax.co.uk

Give your customers growing media they can trust and maximise your return on investments

• Professionally produced

• Traditional compost with the latest technologies added

• Only available at specialist outlets

• Your customers will not find Humax or a compost of this quality at your multiples or large sheds

• Over 100 years of heritage

• Both you and your customers can trust the quality and consistent results you will get from Humax

• Maximise your return on investment and mix your Levington professional growing media with Humax retail product

• Maximise your passing trade returns

Exclusively available to nurseries, gardening and allotment societies and designed with the keen amateur gardener in mind, we are confident that once your customers have tried Humax they will remain a Humax user!

Top image: Medwyn Williams: 11 times Chelsea gold medal winner and Humax ambassador.

Middle image: Geoff Moscrop: John Smiths Smooth leek open show winner 2014, pot leek World Record holder and Humax user.



As a professional grower I have to carefully choose what I grow my plants in for best results and with Humax coming from the makers of Levington professional growing media, I have no hesitation recommending it to my customers. It provides me with an extra income source and guarantees repeat business because all my customers come back for more.

Vanessa Clark – Owner, Reighton Nursery

Retail RangeHumax retail range offers a wide choice of product types and package sizes to suit the amateur as well as the experienced keen gardener. This range continues a tradition of no-nonsense quality products to give outstanding performance and customer satisfaction. To meet all your growing needs we recommend the use of Scotts Miracle-Gro® fertilizers and plant protection products together with Humax composts.

Humax Original

The return of Humax Original formula compost shows that ICL has listened to customer demand. Including Nutrimate and Silver Sand, this formula has been tried and tested by discerning gardeners for years and spearheads our current range.

Ideal for:

• Sowing and potting flowers, shrubs and vegetables

• Hanging baskets and containers

• Pots, tubs and window boxes

• Indoor and outdoor plants

• Landscaping projects

Features & benefits:

• Highest quality peat – sourced from our peat moor in Scotland and refined out of our Levington professional factory.

• H²Gro wetting agent – Spectacular 3-in-1 mode of action allows for all your customers’ plants’ water needs:

- Wetting and spreading agent

- Penetrating agent

- Re-wetting agent

• Start & Gro – our professional grade starter fertilizer giving plants and vegetables the perfect initial boost

• Levington professional coir – to aid drainage and improve rooting

• Silver Sand – Improves feel and flowability of the growing media

60 litre bags - 54 bags/pallet

NutrimateGrow bigger

plants with better colour.

Nutrimate is an organic growth stimulant that contains high levels of humic acid that locks available nutrients

into the compost reducing leaching and fulvic acid that allows for better uptake and use of

nutrients in the plants.



Humax Multi-Purpose

Humax Multi-Purpose compost has been re-formulated to meet the high specification demands of our customers. Noticeable differences are evident from the previous recipe as soon as you open a bag and the open, light structure will suit most retail growing situations.

Ideal for:

• All your planting needs from sowing and potting flowers to shrubs and vegetables

• Hanging baskets and containers

• Pots, tubs and window boxes

• Indoor and outdoor plants

• Landscaping projects

Features & benefits:




- Penetrating agent

- Re-wetting agent



40 litre bags - 80 bags/pallet60 litre bags - 54 bags/pallet75 litre bags - 45 bags/pallet





Potting, Basket & Tub Compost No. 2

Contains added John Innes for the perfect container compost.

Ideal for:

• Potting

• Planting tubs

• Hanging baskets


Ericaceous Compost

Formulated for acid-loving plants.

Ideal for:

• Ericaceous (lime-hating) plants e.g. Heathers, Rhododendrons, Azaleas and Camellias• Cuttings and planting out of pots, tubs and window boxes• Increasing acidity of alkaline soils• Creating acid beds and bog gardens


Grow Bag

Specially formulated using the finest ingredients.

Ideal for:

• Tomatoes• Courgettes• Peppers• Salad crops and vegetables


Decorative Bark

A specially selected grade of chipped bark perfect for use as a dark decorative mulch. FEATURES &

BENEFITS

• Helps prevent weed growth• Retains moisture in the soil

• Aesthetically pleasing

Features & Benefits




- Penetrating agent

- Re-wetting agent



Ideal for:

• Mulching around plants to suppress weeds and conserve moisture

• Surface dressing for garden beds, paths and seating areas

• Ideal for protecting sensitive plants from frost


John Innes Seed No. 1

Traditional loam-based formulation for seed sowing.

Ideal for:

• Sowing a wide range of seeds including most flowers and vegetables

• Pricking out seedlings

• Potting rooted cuttings

• Mixing with peat based compost for added nutrient retention Traditional loam-based formula


John Innes Potting No. 2

Traditional loam-based formulation for pot plants.

Ideal for:

• General purpose loam-based compost

• Houseplants

• Bedding plants

• Tomatoes and salad crops


John Innes Potting No. 3

Traditional loam-based formulation for tubs and containers.

Ideal for:

• Mature pot plants

• Outdoors shrubs

• Final potting of tomatoes

• Chrysanthemums


John InnesA traditional loam-based mixture of sterilised soil, peat and sand, made to a precise formulation containing all the plant

nutrients needed for healthy growth. Humax John Innes Compost is available in three strengths.

Features & Benefits

• Highest quality loam – made to original formulation which has been tried and tested over a number of years



- Penetrating agent

- Re-wetting agent




To order your ICL products or get the latest information and advice.

Call: 01473 237 111 Email: [email protected]: www.gro-humax.co.uk/www.icl-sf.co.uk

The Professional Horticulture Team

® registered trademark of ICL and affiliates

At ICL we have a dedicated team who have worked with growers for a number of years, gaining vast experience in the horticulture field. We pride ourselves on our technical expertise and expect the highest of standards from our team, who are all FACTS and BASIS qualified (or are studying towards these qualifications). They are there to offer support to maximise your crops and yields throughout the year.

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Ian Todd MBPRTechnical Area Sales Manager+44 (0)7831 835889 [email protected]

Jackie Hall MBPRTechnical Area Sales Manager+44 (0)7778 603120 [email protected]

Wendy RobinsonTechnical Area Sales Manager+44 (0)7785 976068 [email protected]

Shaun Cavanagh MBPRSales & Business Development Manager+44 (0)7778 603043 [email protected]

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John Clarke MBPR Technical Area Sales Manager+44 (0)7867 787315 [email protected]

Steve Hughes MBPRTechnical Area Sales Manager+44 (0)7799 481489 [email protected]

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Stuart Gammage Technical Area Sales Manager+44 (0)7920 [email protected]

Dean Sandford MBPRTechnical Area Sales Manager+44 (0)7747 196217 [email protected]

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