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Herts & Beds Group Presents

Amy Snell

“An Introduction to Hydroponics”

Amy and her colleague run a very new hydroponics
store in St Albans. They will introduce a whole new
way of growing and propagating plants.

Thursday 17th Jan 2013

7:30pm

Verulamium Museum

St Michael’s Street, St Albans

AL3 4SW

Everyone welcome – free for Members,
£3 for non-members

Refreshments will be available

Plant Heritage (NCCPG) is a registered Charity

All the staff here at 3 Counties Hydroponics wish our customers all the very best for the New Year.

2013 promises to be the most exciting year ever here at 3CH:

• New hydroponics shops opening...
• More exciting new hydroponics products planned...
• Improved distrubution system to ensure all 3CH shops are fully stocked with all your favourite hydroponics products...
• Continuing commitment to providing the best products at the very best prices...
• Increased hydroponics training for our staff through our unrivalled in-shop hydroponics system displays...
• Improved customer feedback on our shops and products through Facebook pages and Hydroponics Blogs created by our staff...

There is no doubt that 2013 will see 3CH advance the hydroponics business in the United Kingdom to new heights. And we can only do it with the continued support of our valued customers! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Guanokalong Bat Guano now back in stock!

3CH is pleased to announce that this superb soil improver is back in all our shops. A 1kg Tub of GuanoKalong Powder retails at only £10.00

Be sure to grab some of this ever-popular product at this price before we sell out again!!!

 
Eating Tomatoes Can Help Ward off Depression!

 Harvested Hybrid F1 Tomatoes at Dartford Hydroponics Shop 

This week’s big news from Chinese scientists is that they have proven by research that eating tomatoes regularly can reduce the chances of suffering from depression by 50%!!

Researchers in China looked at the eating habits and health records of almost one thousand people over the age of 70. They discovered that the people who ate tomatoes between 2 and 6 times every week were 46% less likely to have suffered from depression than those who ate tomatoes once a week or less often.

Tomatoes ready to be picked at Dartford Hydroponics Shop

So it is a scientific fact that eating tomatoes can cure the Blues!

And what does this mean for Hydroponics growers?

It means that by growing tomatoes year-round using our Hydroponics systems, we can eat our favourite home-grown anti-depressant salad vegetable all over Christmas.

QED: Hydroponics can help beat the Christmas Blues!!!

 Rare butterfly orchid found on Bodmin Beacon

The greater butterfly orchid has greenish white coloured flowers

An orchid in decline for more than 100 years has been recorded on a nature reserve in Bodmin for the first time.

Ken Preston-Mafham, from Bodmin, discovered the greater butterfly orchid while walking around Bodmin Beacon.

The orchid has greenish white-coloured flowers with a vanilla scent that gets stronger at night to attract moths.

Cornwall Council said the discovery was "really rewarding news" and it would work to ensure the flower could breed.

In recent years, several conservation measures have been carried out on the beacon by Bodmin Town and Cornwall Council, who jointly manage the site.

Coralie Barrow, from Cornwall Council, said: "Many of Britain's orchids are threatened and good land management practices are key to reversing this worrying trend.

"To discover we have greater butterfly orchids on the Beacon is really rewarding news."

Other rare species in the area include snipe and climbing corydalis.