Sales of growing media may have dropped week-on-week but they were still up by 22% on the same week last year, ensuring April’s total growing media sales in the GTN Bestsellers Top 50 Index reached a record high, as we predicted last week. The month finished up 30% on last year.

• Strulch Organic Straw Mulch entered the chart for the first time at the relatively high position of No 32, suggesting that organics continue to be a priority for many gardeners.

• Westland John Innes No 1 for young plants proves that, as we head towards a peat-free retail growing media market, significant numbers of gardeners still prefer a tried and tested formula.