ortifeeds was created in Lincolnshire 20 years ago to offer local horticultural growers a better alternative to ‘off-the-shelf’ fertilisers. It was set up to manufacture high quality ‘fresh’ fertilisers and to supply these products direct to local growers.

The ethos was to produce the highest quality fertilisers economically, using only the finest ‘fresh’ raw materials, and to provide growers with a level of personal and technical service that was second to none.

filling-liquid-bottlesThe business also offered a unique new service – the capability to blend bespoke fertiliser formulations to meet specific customer requirements or conditions. Today, almost 20 percent of its total production is for custom blended fertilisers.

The original business model was an immediate success with growers in Lincolnshire and the East of England, and in the following years Hortifeeds expanded its geographical coverage across the whole of the UK.