That’s why V.P.G., a co-op gardening group, only puts their gardening products in year round independent garden centers. V.P.G. knows these businesses have knowledgeable sales people who can explain how to use any V.P.G. product. V.P.G. products go by the trade name of Ferti-lome and Hi-Yield. V.P.G. continually upgrades their products making them more effective and environmentally friendly.

When you shop at Bloomin Garden Centre, you see most products from V.P.G. They have the most state-of–the–art product groups around. Their Lawn Food plus Crabgrass and Weed Preventer with Barricade gives your lawn a good spring feeding while preventing weed seed germination up to 8 months. That is the best in the industry. Their Lawn Food Plus Iron is the only national over the counter brand with over one actual pound of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet. This lawn food includes minor nutrients not available in Turf Builder and other products. They introduced a new product called Triple Action Plus™, an insecticide, miticide, and fungicide that has Neem Oil as the main ingredient. This oil is so safe you can spray your edibles and consume them the same day. Their total product line is the most thorough in the gardening industry. Being a co-op owned by all the retail dealers, each garden center has input as to what is available every year.

Customers and radio listeners have asked many times why I only recommend Ferti-lome products. My reasoning is simple. Ferti-lome has the most advanced and safest products on the market. Other manufacturers could follow V.P.G.’s lead, unfortunately most choose not to. We are very proud of the Ferti-lome products we have available and take great pride in having the most informed certified nursery persons around that are able to teach you how to use these products.