Strulch Mineralised Straw Mulch 100L

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Because it helps to slow evaporation, you will find yourself watering much less often – think once a week, rather than every day or two. Rice straw is very good, as it rarely carries weed seeds, but wheat straw mulch in gardens is more readily available and will work just as well. Tips for Using Straw as Mulch for Vegetables Summer-fruiting strawberries – these are the most popular type and produce the largest fruit. They have a short but heavy cropping period of two or three weeks. There are early-, mid- and late-fruiting cultivars, cropping from early to mid-summer. If covered with cloches or grown in a greenhouse from late winter, they will provide even earlier harvests.

We want your garden to thrive even in the face of challenging environmental conditions. As more areas experience long periods of drought and water restrictions, our specially formulated mulch helps to minimize watering needs and promote stable soil moisture (read about how Maggie, with From Soil to Soul, conserves water with GardenStraw – saving up to 50% in her garden). It also goes to work for you by naturally suppressing weeds, improving soil health and protecting your plants. If your mulch of choice is organic, it isn't necessary to completely strip the mulch each time as it will break down on its own. While you should keep an eye on levels, it should only really need replenishing once or twice a year.

There are a couple of downsides to alfalfa, however. Firstly, it’s expensive. Although organic materials like this are great for early root development, some of the nitrogen needed in the vegetable garden could evaporate into the air if it is not applied properly. But overall it’s a great garden mulch that you can find in most garden centers. Pine Straw Extremely versatile, GardenStraw can be used for gardens, raised beds, containers and pots planted with vegetables, herbs, fruit trees/shrubs and flowers. It’s also great for lawn seeding and patch repair. If you’re not using mulch in your vegetable garden, you’re doing entirely too much work. Mulch helps to hold in moisture, so you don’t have to water as often; it shades out weed seedlings, cutting down on weeding time; and it composts into nutrients and amendments for the soil. Straw is one of the best mulch materials you can use around your vegetable plants. It’s clean, it’s light, and it breaks down relatively easily, giving your plants more of what they need to grow. Let’s find out more about using straw mulch for gardening. Best Types of Straw Garden Mulch

There are a number of other materials commonly used for mulch, such as bark, shredded leaves, hay, grass clippings, and even plastic.You can choose to either remove it before planting and throw it in the compost, or you can simply push it to the side until you are ready to mulch again and then reuse it, adding a bit of fresh material on top. There is no need to remove mulches to apply fertilisers. Fertilisers are spread over mulches in late winter and are washed down to plant roots by rain. Although it breaks down easily, mulching with hay can unintentionally steal nutrients from your garden because of the quantities of weed seeds that may be contained therein. As weeds grow, they pull nutrients away from other plants. Plant strawberries in mid-spring or in late summer/early autumn – no later than the first week of September innorthern Britain and the second week of September in southern regions. Planting in August or early September gives them longer to get established before fruiting, so they should produce a better crop. Keeps the ground warmer for longer, allowing beneficial organisms to be active for longer into the winter, providing for better soil