Episode: Seven
Date: 19 April 2008
Presenter: Phil Dudman
Story Title: Herbs

The natural things in life are always better for your mind, body and overall wellbeing. Growing your own herbs is a great way to reap the benefits of fresh natural produce. The team demonstrates how to cultivate and give your herbs the best opportunity for successful growth.

Featured Product – Seasol
Seasol is designed to complement a sound nutritional program and can provide benefits over and above a straight nutritional regime, i.e. not only the growth stimulating benefits of a fertiliser, but many other benefits as well, including:

• Markedly improved root mass
• Increased number of blooms
• Increased yield
• Reduced sucking insect attack (eg aphids, spider mite)
• Reduced fungal infestation (eg black spot, mildew)
• Reduced transplant shock
• Increased tolerance to adverse environmental conditions such as heat and drought
• Increased nutrient uptake

Seasol can be applied to any plant including natives and acid lovers, at any time of the year.
The root system will be stimulated at any time of the year, even winter, which makes Seasol ideal for winter transplanting.

Featured Product- Hidden Valley Herbs   

Hidden Valley Herb Farm is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pohlmans Nusery Pty Ltd located in Queensland, Australia. Pohlmans Nursery, a family owned company, commenced in operations in 1976. Today the company is as one of the largest and most technically advanced growing operations within the Australian nursery industry.

Hidden Valley Herbs now produce a wide range of products to suit many different needs. Such as the ‘Culinary Range’ bought at your local supermarkets and is ready to eat straight away. Or the ‘Nusery Range’ which is ready ready to be harvested once planted in a pot on your windowsill or in you vegetable garden.

Hidden Valley Herbs has now introduced some exciting and unique new varieties such as ‘Chocolate Mint’ and ‘Catnip’.  With another 19 varieties of herbs to suit everybody’s tastebuds, Hidden Valley Herbs has you covered;

• Sweet Basil 
• Parsley
• Chives
• Coriander 
• Garlic Chives 
• Mint
• Oregano
• Dill
• Sweet Majoram
• Thyme
• Italian Parsley
• Rosemary
• Sage
• Watercress
• Rocket
• Catmint
• Catnip
• Chocolate Mint 
• Vietnames Mint 
• Pineapple Sage 
• Catgrass
• Curry Plant

Featured Product- Powerfeed

PowerFeed is a sister product to Seasol, and is a highly refined liquid fertiliser formulated specifically for the Home Garden Market.  PowerFeed is a fast acting soil conditioner, as well as a fertiliser. Just 50ml of PowerFeed in 9 litres of water is equivalent to the application of 10 kilograms of gypsum! The application of PowerFeed will rapidly stimulate beneficial microbial activity as well as provide a fast acting boost to the garden. Other such benefits include;

• Gives all gardens a quick acting "pick me up"
• Turns sticky clay soils in friable soils without the use of gypsum
• Stimulates beneficial microbial activity
• Reduces nitrate leaching from sandy soils by up to 67%
• Allows increased plant uptake of trace elements
• Improves moisture retention
• Increases number of flowers and fruit
• Increases shelf life of cut flowers

PowerFeed is the only product widely available in the home garden market in Australia that provides the amazing benefits of Concentrated Liquid Composts.

Contact

Seasol International Pty Ltd
1027 Mountain Hwy (PO Box 160)
Bayswater Victoria Australia 3153
Telephone: +61 3 9729 6511
Facsimilie: +61 3 97204792
Website: www.seasol.com.au 
Email: customerservice@seasol.com.au

Pohlmans Nursery Pty Ltd
171 Redbank Creek Road, Gatton, Queensland, 4343
Administration Telephone: (07) 5462 0466
Sales Telephone: (07) 5462 0477
Fax: (07) 5462 1160