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| About the Author Paul Perth 14th September 2009 10:07pm #UserID: 2685 Posts: |
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| About the Author amanda Geraldton. WA 15th September 2009 9:06am #UserID: 2309 Posts: View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Rahaidi Perth, Western Australia 15th September 2009 11:18am #UserID: 0 Posts: |
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| About the Author rus Perth NOR 15th September 2009 11:54am #UserID: 1968 Posts: |
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Tiggerbow says... Hi All, I would be careful about the pea straw. I brought some from a reputable organic supplier and the peas grew. This was fine but when I went to put in my own peas they went all mildewey. I had never had this problem before. I can only think that the pea mulch had the problem and then passed it to my peas. I now use sugar cane mulch from Bunnings. It is in a big white bag and costs $19.95. It covers a very large area. Bunnings in Cannington have some. Cheers! | About the Author Tiggerbow Perth WA 15th September 2009 1:36pm #UserID: 2578 Posts: |
| About the Author amanda Geraldton. WA 15th September 2009 4:08pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Tiggerbow Perth WA 15th September 2009 5:37pm #UserID: 2578 Posts: |
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Itdepends says... Wait until its mid-late summer (harvest time) and you should be able to get wheat straw. Not very high in nitrogen but very good mulch- and far less seeds (weed or otherwise) than pea straw or hay. You'll still get baby wheat growing but you can cut them off/pull them out- or make a wheatgrass energy/health drink -yuck :) Costs me $6-7 per bale- but availability is seasonal- so you need to put some bales aside if you want to mulch again before late summer. | About the Author Itdepends 16th September 2009 10:54pm #UserID: 0 Posts: |
| About the Author Paul Perth 17th September 2009 11:06am #UserID: 2685 Posts: |
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| About the Author amanda Geraldton. WA 18th September 2009 9:48pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Itdepends says... Dunno about the toxins- but straw (or any other high carbon material) will happily rob your soil of nitrogen if not compensated for with a decent nitrogen source. It is pretty hard to get seedlings going in a deep manuare/straw bed- bigger stuff like corn or spuds are fine- it's easier to raise other stuff in trays/pots and then transplant. Daniel | About the Author Itdepends 19th September 2009 10:43pm #UserID: 0 Posts: |
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| About the Author Christo Kensington 28th February 2012 1:32pm #UserID: 6625 Posts: |
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| About the Author Gus 28th February 2012 9:53pm #UserID: 3596 Posts: |
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