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Sunshine® Mix #15

This multi-purpose formulation is the mix that expert growers select for the production of a wide variety of crops. Ready to Gro! (Sunshine® Mix #15 / Fafard®-15 now share a dual label.)

Sunshine® Mix #1

The most versatile and popular professional mix we offer, Sunshine® Mix #1/Fafard®-1P is recommended for the production of a wide variety of container-grown crops, from vegetables to bedding plants and cuttings. It offers a good balance of sphagnum peat moss, perlite and nutrients that professional growers rely on year after year. (Sunshine #1/Fafard-1P now have a dual label.)

Sunshine Mix #4

Recommended where high air capacity and fast drainage are needed, Sunshine® Mix #4 is ideal for growing crops during winter months, with water and salt sensitive crops, or where frequent leaching is required. Ready to Gro.

Metro-Mix® 852

The heavyweight Fafard 52 Mix has a high percentage of bark and has been specifically formulated for outdoor containers and large interior pots. It is also excellent for the production of perennials, roses and nursery containers.

Metro-Mix® 830

A versatile middleweight formula, Fafard® 3B Mix is our most popular bark based mix for expert growers. It is fit for a wide variety of crop plants grown in many container sizes from cell flats to larger pots.

Sun Gro® Peat Moss Grower Grade White

The most popular peat moss in our professional line, Grower Grade White has a fibrous consistency that improves aeration and increases drainage to promote plant root development. It is used throughout the greenhouse trade for the production of vegetables, flowering plants, and mushrooms as well as flat, larger pot, and hanging basket production.

Sun Gro® Peat Moss Grower Grade Orange

Grower Grade Orange is less fibrous than Grower Grade White. It is used throughout the greenhouse trade
for vegetable and forestry seedling production, plant production, mushroom production and for mixing your
own media.

Sun Gro® Peat Moss Grower Grade Green

Sunshine Peat Moss Grower Grade Green is a screened, short-fiber professional peat moss recommended for any situation when a fine growing medium is required.
It is most often used in the golf course construction trade, for mushroom production, seed starting, and plug
production.

Sunshine® #5 Natural & Organic

Sunshine ® Mix #5 Natural & Organic is an OMRI Listed® blend designed to enhance root development in ornamental and vegetable transplant plugs. Ready to Gro.

Sunshine® #4 Natural & Organic

Sunshine #4 Natural & Organic is an OMRI-Listed® mix recommended where high air capacity and fast drainage are needed during winter months, with water and salt sensitive crops, or where frequent leaching is required. Ready to Gro.