For all producers of peat and growing media there has to be one point in the focus: to satisfy all customers in trade, professional horticulture and gardencenters. Besides competetive prices through optimized selection of rawmaterrials and their combination, the quality of the product itself is of crucial significance. This applies for the functioning of low-budget products as well!

One step to guarantee a high level of product safety to the customer are external quality labels such as RAL or RHP. For most of the companies it makes sense to establish an internal system beforehand or parallel.

This begins with a check of the actual situation and the following improvement of processes and product on the possible level. A continous testing and documentation of simple parameters is definetely necessary and easy to accomplished. The knowledge of this basic parameters enables you to react on the market of rawmaterials and trade as well as to the demands of your customers. With contracts in co-packing it is absolutely necessary to follow the given points, especially concerning the changing norms within the EU.

To establish such an internal quality system know how and time has to be available. Is one of this missing in your organization? Then it is time to think about 'outsourcing' these services. You only pay for your actual needs without any continous obligations and safe money on your own staff. This what horticon® stands for! Big companies usually have someone dealing these matters, but what about medium and smaller companies? horticon® from Germany ist internationally engaged in all fields of product development and quality assurance. With more than 12 years of experience in the industry and trade of potting mixes and the horticultural knowledge horticon® offers a wide range of services.