Long life propagation trays

Designed to fit UK propagation nurseries and give great plants, greater roots in a tray that
allows for automation at all stages of plant propagation
This site covers Proptek in the UK only.
Proptek outside of the UK is owned now by Blackmore in the USA.
8 cell pot in frame with built in benching developed in 2006
Fantastic ‘natural’ root system developed on Ellepot container plant
Lettuce Ellepot plants establish and grow the same as peat black plants

Pioneering design, innovation and quality for over 30 years

Proptek has been active in designing and making plant propagation trays globally for over 30 years and has now focused on the UK Forestry and Vegetable Markets which is the main focus of this website.

Products

Forestry

The Forestry container Propagation market in the UK and most of Northern Europe has traditionally used a fairly small footprint of tray with cells that tend to taper towards a single drain hole.

Leeks

Leeks in the UK and Northern Europe are direct seeded or transplanted using bare root or container grown transplants.

Lettuce Trays

Peat Blocks have dominated lettuce and salad plant propogation for the last 60 years or so in the UK and Northern Europe

Nursery Stock

Proptek trays give great root architecture at stage 1 which benefits the plant throughout its life and are designed to work with mechanisation plus have a built in benching with our legs

Ornamentals

Proptek trays give great root architecture at stage 1 which benefits the plant throughout its life and are designed to work with mechanisation plus have a built in benching with our legs

Why Proptek?

We are unique in having a long history in practical plant propagation as well as Plastics and can combine the two together to get the best trays in the industry

High Quality Plants

By establishing plants with better air prined and more natural root systems, nurseries are able to improve the overall plant quality

 

Innovative Product Design

At Proptek, our trays and containers are scientifically designed and developed to enable the use of techniques such as air root pruning and mechanization features

Cost Effective

Our long life injection molded plastic trays are designed to last for many years, making hem a cost effective option for nurseries.

Our UK trays are all made
in the UK at the factory in Kings Lynn

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