OUTDOOR
having a long harvest is to sow or plant successive
Kirchhoff’s: As mentioned above, gardening
smaller crops so that you are not faced with your
sections attract the whole family and stores can
entire crop maturing at the same time. Indoor
benefit from extra sales. More and more people
vegetation never goes out of style and is a great
are spending weekends and holidays at home
way to decorate, especially in a home with no
in their gardens as they do not have money to
back yard. A recipe for a successful garden is to
go away.
plant with MayFord Seed, protect with Efekto
Seed packets take up a very small amount
EFEKTO’S LATEST
PRODUCTS
AnTrap
Is an easy-to-use, pre-filled ant bait
station. The ants that are seen around
the garden and home are “worker ants”
and feed with Wonder. Efekto and Wonder have
of shelf space and deliver a good return per
a huge range of products which will ensure the
square meter. Gardening has many hardware
g ardeners chances of success when growing your
allied products such a irrigation spares and
the colony. The bait used in the AnTrap®
own. The Efekto range of “Naturals” insecticides
equipment, tools and many others that retail-
attracts the ants into the AnTrap®
and the Wonder Organic fertilisers are ideally
ers can utilize to increase their profits from the
where they collect the bait and carry
formulated for the gardener who wants to have
category.
it back to the queen and brood in short
an organic garden.
As pets play a much greater role in modern
who’s sole function is that of collecting
food for the queen and the other ants in
time the entire colony will be controlled.
Efekto: The return on space that can be
families Efekto has introduced a fantastic value
derived from a Mayford seed rack or one drop
Garden Ripcord
for money, monthly treatment against ticks and
of pesticides and plant food will rival almost
Is a broad spectrum insecticide that
fleas. Our new Zero Ticks and Fleas is fast acting
anything in the store. In addition it offers an
controls a wide range of insects which
shampoo and water tolerant available for all
opportunity to up sell. As an example a pool
is safe to use on ornamental and
sizes of dogs and cats.
owner will more than likely have a paved
edible plants and has a low toxicity on
area around the pool, the chances are that
mammals.
Q. What value can gardening sections
the paving will have weeds which will need
add to existing hardware retail
treatment from a herbicide such as Round Up
businesses?
to get rid of weeds.
Wonder Vitaliser Lawn and Foliage
7:1:3 with Bio Carbon
Promotes vigorous green upper growth
Starke Ayres: Local
hardware stores are
now in the prime
position to attract
local gardeners. The
hardware stores can
capitalise on “Going
Green”, by increasing
and is suitable for all lawn types.
Wonder Lawn and Foliage supplies a
sustained release of Nitrogen which
ensures a lush green lawn. The added
Bio Carbon is a magic ingredient and
enhances the action of the fertiliser. Bio
Carbon is unique to the Wonder range of
fertilisers.
their gardening
section to display
a more complete
gardening range of
products.
KIRCHHOFF’S
EXCITING PRODUCTS
Seed Packets
Q. How can
Elaines birding products
retailers increase
Hand tools
sales of their
Environmentally friendly Pesticides
gardening section?
and Fertilizers
Kirchhoff’s: Make
use of the spring
season impulse
gardening products and cross merchandise it
buys by running
with other hardware products – wheelbarrows,
promotions in August
spades and many others.
and September.
Retailers need to utilise all gardening
Increase the offering
spades, seed, birding products, fertilisers, water
displays with the
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spending time in your garden - lawnmowers,
during this time. Build
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equipment to give the whole concept of
to the consumer
features, grass seed and others.