Growing tips and advice Archive - Kekkilä Professional

17.4.2019 | Kari Silokangas

How to start growing with the Natural Control grow boards?

The Natural Control grow boards have been made by compressing dried substrate material. The compression enables better durability during transportation. Dried compressed boards are lighter and smaller which makes them...

Role of wetting agents

A wetting agent facilitates the uptake of water during initial wetting and optimises the movement of water in the substrate which improves the re-wetting of over-dry plants.

Growing

Mould in peat, what to do?

Sometimes, in certain temperatures, water condensates between the peat bale and the plastic wrapping creating conditions that allow fungal growth....

Excellent growth with Kekkilä Starter 1 in Italy

In southern Italy the most used Kekkilä Professional products for vegetable seedlings are C1 and DSM 1 with relatively low...

Tomato young plants growing in a seedling tray

How long is the starter fertiliser effective?

We add our own starter fertiliser to Kekkilä Professional substrates to secure the basic nutrient levels. It is very important...

Why we declare pH and EC in 1+5

The pH measures how alkaline or acid the substrate is, while the EC level tells the level of dissolved salts,...

Growing

Coarse, medium or fine – different types of substrates

Loose substrates can be divided roughly into three different types according to fraction size or grade: coarse, medium coarse and...

Growing
Peat

All nutrients are essential for optimal growth

Plants require nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium and sulphur in greater quantities, hence they are called macronutrients. The ones called...