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You've made your hotbed, NOW GROW IN IT!

EXCLUSIVE NEW SERIES HOTBEDS

CROSS-SECTION OF A HOTBED

Imagine starting your growing season two to three months earlier, without needing a polytunnel. Imagine harvesting crops in March and April that you usually don't harvest until June and July. Imagine that your last ever hungry gap was back in 2023.

Hotbeds make this all entirely possible. Hotbeds are, in the simplest of descriptions, a hot compost heap with a 15-20cm (6-8in) layer of growing medium (compost/loam compost blend) and a cold frame on top.

The breakdown of the organic material generates heat which supplies base heat to the

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