A 52% growth of sales of growing media products has to be the best sign that gardeners are just getting on with whatever growing they can do while the mild spring like weather is with us.

Every single outside growing media line in the GTN Bestsellers Top 50 increased its sales last week. The biggest winners were:

• Scotts Levington Multipurpose Compost with John Innes, 55 litres, up by 95%
• Westland Multipurpose Compost, 75 litres, up by 84%
• Arthur Bowers John Innes No 3, 25 litres, up by 81%

Multipurpose composts dominate in total volume, with Farm Manure selling well too:

• Westland Multipurpose, 50 litres, stays at No 1 for another week
• Scotts Levington Organic Choice Farmyard Manure, 56 litres, moves up 1 to No 17
• Arthur Bowers Organic Stable Manure, 50 litres, is a new entry at No 45