Gracie E Barrett

Scientist, technical manager, gardener. Interested in quality science, soilless plant cultivation, sustainable plant production and food security. Views my own.

[Gracie E Barrett @graciebarrett01]

Why is it proving so hard to make peatfree growing media? Check out our review (free to download) https://t.co/D68MtZu3DH …

[Gracie E Barrett @graciebarrett01]

Get children engaged with horticulture at a young age. Beautiful planting project starts Witley C of E infants school in Surrey
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[Gracie E Barrett @graciebarrett01]

Supersemp 'Onyx', glittering like a gem in the morning dew. Thriving in the 🔥@farplants @tristramplants https://t.co/B7fRjXTsVF

[Tristram Plants @TristramPlants]

Binsted Nursery is recruiting for a Lead Propagator to join our team producing over 1.2million plants per yr. Cuttings. division and seed sowing techniques used. Is this for you? #Horticulture #ukgrown @IPPS_Europe @BPOA_homegrown @CIHort @yphorticulture https://t.co/Y5hfK6l2nq

[Tristram Plants @TristramPlants]

Busy preparing for the HTA National Plant Show. The Trials team at Walberton were helping Neil from @Farplants get all the plants looking as good as possible on one of the hottest days of the year. #horticulture #htanationalplantshow #newplants #sussexgrown #farplants @HTAnews

[Gracie E Barrett @graciebarrett01]

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[Chris Gibson 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 #rejoinTheCivilisedWorld @chrismothman1]

@hortweek @ADAS_Hortic @DefraGovUK @BritishGrowers @SoilAssociation @BPOA_homegrown Wake up. They are here. Just open your blinkered eyes and minds.

[Gracie E Barrett @graciebarrett01]

@NeilAlcock We have found root establishment is generally slower in #peatfree also. Once the roots get going they seem OK. I suspect water and nutrient distribution is less even/consistent. I've noticed differences in root architecture too.....still work to do but learning each season

[Neil Alcock @NeilAlcock]

Everyone who knows me is aware we have been #peatfree on our P9 program for 12 years now but it’s not so easy on propagation, we are working hard to make all our plug products pest free but still have work to do! See our griselinia images peatfree on the right

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

“Our central, civilisational question, I believe, is this: why do nations scramble to rescue the banks but not the planet?”
Thanks @GeorgeMonbiot for such an honest piece. I share your horror. Central question for campaigners - what do we do differently?
https://t.co/zgsWvPVgqV

[Gracie E Barrett @graciebarrett01]

If only the government would listen. Planting trees this way.... kinda like giving the Earth a Band-aid when her leg is hanging off..... https://t.co/HfG8yp0aij

[Gracie E Barrett @graciebarrett01]

Woke up excited as I have seedlings to prick out! #plantlove

[Gracie E Barrett @graciebarrett01]

#PeatFreeApril Absolutely. Peat-bogs are best left untouched. It's a tough material to replace and commercial plant growers are working hard to find solutions. It's a complex and costly process! https://t.co/7zsaUkdFaH

[Gracie E Barrett @graciebarrett01]

@PeatFreeApril @DaveGoulson The horticultural industry has been working very hard to reduce peat usage. Of course digging up peat bogs is insanity but many of the other alternative materials have their own sustainability issues. https://t.co/7zsaUkdFaH

[Gracie E Barrett @graciebarrett01]

@TheMontyDon The horticultural industry is working incredibly hard to reduce peat usage. It's a complex and costly process. Please do have a look at some of the research the sector has been doing
https://t.co/7zsaUkdFaH

[Neil Alcock @NeilAlcock]

Nice cuttings of Euphorbia Walnertons Ruby Glow stuck today! @grahampfe

[The RHS @The_RHS]

RHS Hilltop – The Home of Gardening Science will open its doors at @RHSWisley on 24 June.

The UK’s first dedicated horticultural scientific centre of excellence protects the future of plants, people and the planet.

https://t.co/mcXtpFhHxy #BSW21

[Tristram Plants @TristramPlants]

Walberton Nursery is searching for a Trials Coordinator to support our trials and NPD work. A commercial growing background with excellent observational and recording skills are key to this role. https://t.co/TNfiqENCK8

[Tristram Plants @TristramPlants]

Looking for a new challenge, change of direction? Tristram Plants nurseries have a number of #jobs available on our sites near Barnham #WestSussex #horticulture #recruiting Apply online https://t.co/JP883rqd0d

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

One day in the UK reveals the results of years of misrule.
1,820 dead, thanks to government failures to take timely, decisive action.
Major floods, exacerbated or caused by climate breakdown and poor land and river management.
Brexit chaos, caused by pandering to billionaires.

[Gracie E Barrett @graciebarrett01]

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