{"id":25517,"date":"2018-08-07T16:39:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T16:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/specialist\/?p=25517"},"modified":"2023-06-01T15:56:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T15:56:18","slug":"medwyn-williams-the-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/specialist\/2018\/08\/07\/medwyn-williams-the-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Medwyn Williams – The Return!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The arduous drive from AutoPot HQ in Hampshire to Anglesey is mind-numbing at best. The M6, \u201csoon to be a Smart Road\u201d, should be renamed \u201ca Smartless road\u201d! BUT heading to see Medwyn\u2019s of Anglesey<\/a>\u00a0(MoA) is the light at the end of the tunnel. Driving along the North Welsh coast this week, several hours before the sun was threatening to slide into the sea, I shot through the last tunnel leading into Anglesey at 50 mph, I think, I hope, to see why it is that Mr Medwyn Williams grows such fantastic produce.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Above: easy2grow and 1Pot modules all set, the guys move onto the XLs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Firstly, the light levels on Anglesey, no matter how bright or dull, are staggering. The microclimate that Anglesey possesses is unique, even through the powers that be at MoA are never quite content with their strong climatic cocktail. Such is the perfectionism of an eleven-time-consecutive RHS Chelsea Flower Show<\/a>\u00a0Gold Medal Winner that Medwyn would happily have a go at fine-tuning the weather if he could.<\/p>\n

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Above: Early signs weren\u2019t promising but gave way to an explosion in development<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Above: The Anglesey microclimate provides Medwyn with terrific light levels even on a dull day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ever the conscientious guest I took something to the table, specifically a bottle of chilli growing knowledge in the shape of Dean Finley, AKA Dean Finley. The aforementioned proprietor of The Chilli Lab<\/a>\u00a0and I went to conduct a little talk about all things CHILLIES and AutoPot before some guests of MoA who were like-minded growers and enthusiasts. Needless to say the morning went well, both myself and Dean rattled off our piece and then we were alone with Medwyn. NOW for the REAL reason I wanted to come here.<\/p>\n

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Above: AutoPot are working with Medwyn to develop hydroponically grown entries for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the 5th of July<\/a>\u00a0this year I had popped up to Medwyn\u2019s to show him, well in all honesty his sons Alwyn and Tom, how to use AutoPot in conjunction with CANNA<\/a> substrates and nutrients. So a couple of us, not Medwyn himself, got our hands dirty and potted up a row of tomatoes in CANNA Coco<\/a>\u00a0and CANNA Terra<\/a>\u00a0and hooked it all up to the AutoPot Watering Systems. Unfortunately neither myself or Medwyn took any photos of the tomatoes in question once potted up at the beginning of July, from my point of view \u201cbecause they looked crap\u201d. Medwyn advised they were destined for the compost heap so he didn\u2019t take any either. Well just under a month later the plants look perfect! The green is back into the plant, the trusses are forming and the <\/b>inter-nodal <\/b>spacing is compact. Although there was a feeling of elation, there was also a sigh of stupidity for not taking any photos of how the plants looked before they were fed and irrigated correctly. The transformation considering the time of the year and the climatic conditions did however make me smile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The whole growing area in the greenhouse is now potted up with a huge variety of plants, some not looking as well as others but it\u2019s the first time using the AutoPot\u00a0products<\/a>. This was put together in a mere 20 days. It just goes to show: people listen, people talk, and most importantly people learn from one another and their collective mistakes. This is the REAL reason why I love driving all the miles I do to see Medwyn\u2019s of Anglesey. Medwyn and Co have collectively won eleven gold medals at the worlds MOST prestigious horticultural event. BUT with all this elation and prestige they still listen and want to learn from others. There is a while to go and no doubt some horticultural hurdles to leap but Rome wasn\u2019t built in a day and I\u2019m sure it won\u2019t be long before the team from MoA create an exhibit at Chelsea that will show people that award-winning plants can be grown using hydroponic AutoPot Watering Systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The arduous drive from AutoPot HQ in Hampshire to Anglesey is mind-numbing at best. The M6, \u201csoon to be a Smart Road\u201d, should be renamed \u201ca Smartless road\u201d! BUT heading to see Medwyn\u2019s of Anglesey\u00a0(MoA) is the light at the end of the tunnel. Driving along the North Welsh coast this week, several hours before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,296],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/specialist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/Medwyn_July_Main.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/specialist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/specialist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/specialist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/specialist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/specialist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/specialist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70563,"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/specialist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25517\/revisions\/70563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/specialist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/specialist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/specialist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autopot.co.uk\/specialist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}