It has been a great start to the year for high quality coir growing media company Southern Trident. The company’s optimism for 2021 has been boosted by the results of independent growing trials featuring its leading Coco & Coir COCO BOOST peat-free compost.
The trials were conducted by Stockbridge Technology Centre, the UK’s premier horticulture growing and testing facility. The trials tested the performance of COCO BOOST against the UK’s top selling composts to grow tomatoes and petunias. COCO BOOST produced petunias two and a half times the size of the best-selling peat-free compost and produced three and a half times more flowers. The tomato plants were 33% larger and grew much stronger root systems. Even against the best-selling peat-based compost, COCO BOOST produced petunia plants that were 7% larger producing 7% more flowers. This was similarly reflected in the tomato plants.
And the company is growing well too. Steve Harper, Southern Trident CEO, says: “Since engaging our new sales team at the beginning of 2021, and despite lockdown, we currently have more than 100 garden centre stockists across the four home nations - with more being added all the time. These include some of the most premier independent garden centres, plus groups like Blue Diamond, Dobbies and Klondyke.
“Our year finished at the end of February, and over that 12-month period we trebled sales. We have had an amazing start to the new year, and Southern Trident is planning to increase sales by at least two and a half times in 2021. March has put us way ahead of that target.”
To satisfy the increase in demand for Southern Trident’s Coco & Coir™ peat-free growing media range, the company has relocated to new premises that are four times larger than the previous site. The new facility holds more stock, ensures an increase in production efficiency, enables sector-leading customer service and gives room for growth, both of volumes and products offered.
Want to know more?
You can book an appointment with your local sales representative by going to https://southerntrident.com/sales-agents
For more details on the range of products, visit www.southerntrident.com/product-range
We also have several short videos featuring the range on YouTube - https://youtu.be/W_pGSgrrVv4
And Southern Trident is all over social media:
https://www.facebook.com/cocoandcoir
https://www.instagram.com/cocoandcoir
https://www.twitter.com/cocoandcoir
https://www.linkedin.com/company/southerntrident
