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Planting Tips

1. Soil Preparation: Clear the area, work it well with the rotary hoe and then covered it with layers of News Paper (6 sheets). Cover this with Pea Straw then water it so that it will start to rot down and not blow away. This will stop the weeds for the first two years, make a great job of mulching the soil, retain soil moisture and attract the earth worms.

2. Potting Mix: Plant all of the plants through the layers of Pea Straw and Paper with at least the same amount again of fresh potting media as there is in the planter bags. (This is not hard sell just good old common sense. When the plants come out of their bags and are planted in the soil, regardless of your preparation, they have to change their habitat and their nutrient source.) If you dig the hole for the plant twice the size of the bag and place the new potting mix below and around the plant and water it in well so that the plant is firm, then the plant will thrive and by the time the roots have reached the soil it will have already acclimatized to the new location and will readily adapt to the local soil conditions. Check that the Potting Mix you buy incorporates either a six or nine month Slow Release Fertilizer. The Potting Mix that we use is our own commercially prepared recipe containing Osmocote Nine Month Slow Release Fertilizer, a Fungicide and a Wetting Agent and we sell that in 40 litre bags.

To Cut the Hedge

Remember that a hedge will always grow out sideways more at the top than at the 
bottom because it gets more light up there. If you let this continue your hedge will 
end up with no leaves at the bottom (woody Bottom). Therefore if you cut your 
hedge and taper it toward the top the leaves at the bottom will receive plenty of 
light and live ! This taper is slight, only about 5 degrees but it is the difference.