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Valerie starts with ... I have been trying to source square sugar cane bales here on the Sunshine Coast. They used to be cheap around $3.50 delivered. So far I have only found 2 stockists and the best price is $13.50 plus delivery. As I want about 40 this is too dear. Does anyone on the Sunshine Coast know where I can source square bales at a much cheaper price. | About the Author Valerie Mapleton 23rd December 2008 11:01am #UserID: 1785 Posts: |
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| About the Author Mike Brisbane 23rd December 2008 5:28pm #UserID: 1775 Posts: |
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| About the Author Bazza Bundaberg Qld Aus 24th December 2008 12:23pm #UserID: 113 Posts: View All Bazza's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Mike Brisbane 24th December 2008 6:55pm #UserID: 1775 Posts: |
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Valerie says... Bazza/Mike I too can get the finely chopped bales wrapped in plastic from Bunnings quite cheaply however I want to use them as Jeremy did in the show. I want to use them as a surround over which I can put shade cloth while the seedlings are young and which will also feed the ground as they break down whilst still maintaining their shape. Haven't been able to manage that with the Bunnings mulch. | About the Author Valerie Mapleton 21st January 2009 6:41pm #UserID: 1785 Posts: |
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| About the Author SlickMick 21st January 2009 6:54pm #UserID: 1775 Posts: |
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Valerie says... Hi Mike - I think this is the correct link. http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/video/video_index_2008_December2008.htm | About the Author Valerie Mapleton 13th February 2009 3:21pm #UserID: 1785 Posts: |
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SlickMick says... Just managed to have a look at that episode Valerie. It is indeed interesting how Jerry uses the bales and I think that what he is doing with the bales is great and certainly worth having a go at it. The issue could be the cost of so many bales. I agree the plastic bagged bales from Bunnings just would not work. I am surprised that you would not be able to get the tied bales around Mapleton or on the coast. I have been buying mine from Tingalpa Landscape Supplies in Brisbane. Cheers Mike | About the Author SlickMick 18th February 2009 8:27pm #UserID: 1775 Posts: |
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| About the Author Valerie Mapleton 20th March 2009 10:49am #UserID: 1785 Posts: |
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| About the Author SeaDog Maleny 8th May 2009 4:15pm #UserID: 2299 Posts: |
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Janine says... Valerie, you can buy square cane mulch bales from a farm on Nambour-Bli Bli road (on the right hand side, before you get to Bli Bli - he has a sign up). There is also a place on the left of Nambour Bli-Bli Road, just before the Camp Flat Road turnoff, that sometimes sells the stuff. And there is another bloke on the corner of Thomas Road and Yandina-Bli Bli Road (a high set brick house) that sells the bales. Used to be $3.50 a bale but I think it's now up to about $4.50. We find it better value to buy direct from the farmer than from Bunnings or any of the landscape supply businesses. By the way, can anyone point me in the direction of someone who will supply a round bale of mulch (cane or grass) to Pomona/Cooran for a resonable price? | About the Author Janine Bli Bli 17th June 2009 4:39pm #UserID: 2469 Posts: |
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Kathy says... Any one wanting Sugar Cane Mulch in small square Bales !!!!! We Bale around 15,000 bales per year to supply households, nurseries etc. We now have a driver that can deliver 800 bales per week to Sydney. CHEAP !!!!! Ph" 02 66495228 if interested in making a huge profit, selling Sugar Cane Mulch | About the Author Kathy Grafton NSW 9th April 2010 1:14am #UserID: 0 Posts: |
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| About the Author Krissy QLD Brisbane 21st June 2010 6:30pm #UserID: 3644 Posts: |
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| About the Author Jo Benalla victoria 15th July 2010 8:19am #UserID: 0 Posts: |
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JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE says... Hi Kathy, I contacted you this morning regarding to the sugar cane mulch. I am interested of up to 30 bales (dependng to the size of the bale) for my garden. With the rain we have had lately, it should be good to retain soil moisture before summer comes. If there are enough people in Melbourne want this mulch then you could deliver to Victoria too. BTW, my email is jujubeforsale@yahoo.com.au Many thanks. | About the Author JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE Melbourne 15th July 2010 11:21am #UserID: 2706 Posts: View All JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Rev says... sugar cane mulch is great its not rich in nutrients - so it should be cheap! but if you want non woody biomass thats got a low weed load then this is the stuff dont dig it in surface mulch only great deep bedding for the chook run, theyll compost it down for you Bunnings is a rip off avoid them at all costs I would get local round bales of rhodes in 2007, for $25 prob more now but ask around cut out that middle man, its good for everyone, esp the rural economy | About the Author Rev North Qld 16th July 2010 8:47pm #UserID: 1806 Posts: View All Rev's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda Geraldton. WA 16th July 2010 10:43pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author John Mc 18th July 2010 4:21pm #UserID: 3496 Posts: |
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| About the Author amanda Geraldton. WA 20th July 2010 9:49am #UserID: 2309 Posts: View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Karen & Paul Pottsville NSW 20th July 2010 8:23pm #UserID: 3143 Posts: |
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| About the Author amanda Geraldton 20th July 2010 11:27pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Peter Balnarring 24th July 2010 9:44am #UserID: 3978 Posts: |
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| About the Author epiphany Melbourne 25th July 2010 1:12am #UserID: 703 Posts: |
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Rev says... Its cost a lot to transport it to Victoria! too bad they arent growing switchgrass or Miscanthus down there on waterlogged / bottom land soils, or irrigated with effluent or excess groundwater i saw some trials up in nth qld using Rhodes grass to strip nutrients from effluent and it was very effective -a lot better use of it than killing coral reef and seagrasses! i suppose its only a matter of time before they biofuel thing picks up just as good if they used if for mulch in horticulture though particularly the hybrid and sterile miscanthus as it wont bring a weedload http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscanthus_giganteus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panicum_virgatum | About the Author Rev 27th July 2010 5:43pm #UserID: 1806 Posts: View All Rev's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Helen Brisbane 1st September 2010 12:33pm #UserID: 3139 Posts: |
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| About the Author Wayne Brisbane 6th September 2010 10:43am #UserID: 4194 Posts: |
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| About the Author Helen Brisbane 10th November 2010 5:12pm #UserID: 3139 Posts: |
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| About the Author Wayne Brisbane 16th November 2010 10:52am #UserID: 4194 Posts: |
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Krissy says... Hey Guys Have you found anyone who delivers mulch? Go on to www.organicsugarcaneproducts.com.au, I know they deliver mulch. Not quite sure on the prices though. | About the Author Krissy Woongoolba 16th November 2010 3:12pm #UserID: 0 Posts: |
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| About the Author Amanda10 Ipswich 17th November 2010 3:10pm #UserID: 4560 Posts: |
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| About the Author Wolfgang Pullenvale 19th December 2010 7:01pm #UserID: 4676 Posts: |
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Tony says... Hi, I am looking for a large quantity of sugar cane bales (100 to 200 bales probably). Like everyone else here, I find the normal suppliers way too expensive ($9 to $13 a bale) I would need them delivered as well, obviously. Does anyone have any suggestions for a cheap supplier near North Brisbane? | About the Author Tony Samford Village QLD 20th December 2010 10:45am #UserID: 4680 Posts: |
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| About the Author John Brisbane 30th December 2010 10:16pm #UserID: 4716 Posts: |
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| About the Author Dianah Sunshine coast 8th January 2011 8:10am #UserID: 4758 Posts: |
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| About the Author sserendipityy south lismore 8th January 2011 2:39pm #UserID: 4761 Posts: View All sserendipityy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Kevi Mackay 3rd February 2011 8:47am #UserID: 4882 Posts: |
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MV says... I've just spent a good deal of time spreading 9 bales of sugar cane mulch three inches thick over newspapers 6 sheets deep at a property on the Central Coast. This is an on going job and so far I've been spending around $17 a bale, so if anyone can please advise of a cheaper supplier either on the Central Coast or on the lower North Shore, where I work, I'd appreciate it. That amount only covered less than a third of the area I need covered and I want to top up to keep the weeds at bay and encourage the production of soil as we have no top soil to speak of and are working on very heavy clay base. By the way, I've been buying from Bunnings and prefered the coarser sugar cane mulch Aussie Gold but they don't have that anymore and the finer stuff is a little too fly away for my liking. Any suggestions? | About the Author MV Central Coast 10th February 2011 12:26pm #UserID: 4918 Posts: |
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| About the Author John Mc 10th February 2011 12:33pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: View All John Mc's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MV Central Coast 10th February 2011 3:51pm #UserID: 4918 Posts: |
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| About the Author John Mc 10th February 2011 9:18pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: View All John Mc's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jaime says... Hello, did anyone have any luck finding a provider of the large round bales of sugar cane mulch? We are in Gympie. We need about 12 large round bales so I would imagine we would need over 1000 of the small square bales, the extra cost is huge and I also could not stand so much packaging as in the wrapped ones available at Bunnings. Can anyone please tell me where I can get some of the large round bales from in Gympie, preferably delivered? Thanks in advance. | About the Author Jaime Gympie 27th March 2011 9:25pm #UserID: 5107 Posts: |
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MV says... I had my small bales delivered by the following people who were very, very helpful. Don't think they do large bales, but no harm in asking. I wanted the Aussie Gold because it was coarse, rather than fine cut. Cost was around $14.00 per bale (no delivery charge) which was about $3 cheaper than Bunnings could offer for the fine cut stuff. Mv Telephone: 1300 1 MULCH (1300 1 68524) (8am - 5pm MON-FRI) Fax: 07 4612 3360 Email: info@mulchdirect.com.au Post: PO Box 116 Clifton QLD 4361 ABN: 62 083 532 978 | About the Author MV Central Coast 7th April 2011 11:11am #UserID: 4918 Posts: |
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Outside the Box Landscaping and Gardening Solutions says... Anyone in Victoria After Sugarcane mulch Council's, landscapers, domestic or nurseries contact, Outside the Box Landscaping and Gardening Solutions with expressions of interest as we will source the product if there is a great enough demand collectively to make it Financially Viable... Ph: 0401469540 Em@il: modernsoldier360@gmail.com
| About the Author Outside the Box Landscaping and Gardening Solutions Wangaratta 19th April 2011 3:48pm #UserID: 5202 Posts: |
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Samm says... These guys deliver the sugar cane mulch bales http://www.rpmulching.com.au/sugar-cane-mulch.html
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Mike says... It is expensive,hard to get and often sourced from SEQ in this district and even bagasse is very expensive.Rhodes grass is my preference in bales here and plants seem to respond well but mould can form easily on cane mulch and some grass mulches.Mulched pruned trees from council and private loppers goes for $90- for a 6m3 load here and that is very popular. It would be a great sideline for enterprising growers with Yasi damaged cane, getting into the mulch business. | About the Author Mike Cairns 25th June 2011 8:48am #UserID: 5418 Posts: |
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Leigh says... Does anybody know where I can locate about 20 small bales near M'dore, Buderim or Bli-Bli area? FYI A few years back I had a guy deliver to me one of the larger round bales for $25. He was near Mt Coolum. Where the smiley face bales are, either side of the motorway between Pacific Paradise & Coolum. Not sure if he still has them? | About the Author Leigh Sunshine Coast 11th November 2011 11:34am #UserID: 6108 Posts: |
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peter says... HI Dee, You can now get sugar cane mulch in Masters Stores around WA as well. found a great you tube clip on how to use the mulch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIafE_3pxsI | About the Author peter Perth 16th April 2012 11:29am #UserID: 6855 Posts: |
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