Valley Grown Nurseries Trial

AutoPot are pleased to announce they will be conducting a commercial trial at Valley Grown Nurseries beginning in December and running for two years. Valley Grown Nurseries is one of the UK’s most prestigious and respected nurseries, they grow over 250,000 pepper plants a year, supplying the main supermarkets within the UK with peppers all year round. AutoPot will be establishing the trial using two hundred easy2grow irrigation systems, in total 400 pots. The trial will have 400 pepper plants growing in the environmentally friendly watering systems, in a controlled environment of 72 degrees, humidity of 75% and the fertiliser used will be a bespoke mix compiled by Gary Taylor, one of the leading horticulturalists in the UK.

Gary Taylor, the owner of Valley Grown Nurseries is one of the most respected and well known horticulturalists in the UK and Europe, both he and Jason Ralph Smith, the founder of AutoPot will be overseeing the trial. The AutoPot systems have no need for timers pumps or electricity making this trial unique and truly innovative. The trial will be monitored using time lapse photography and live video streaming which will be available to view at www.autopot.co.uk.

The last trial conducted by AutoPot was in 2010 at their farm site in Oxfordshire and ran for seven months growing chillies, cucumbers and tomatoes in 240 pots using the easy2grow system. The results were impressive with unprecedented yields, however AutoPot have increased not only the length but the scale of their up and coming trial. Watch this space for live updates within the website and features in newsletters on the trail’s progress.