The great thing about sugar cane mulch in the garden is that its organic, has no seeds and has a mixture of coarse and fine material.
You can buy it in bales and it is already chopped and ready to apply. A good sugar cane mulch will have almost no dust in it, however take the normal safety precautions when applying.
A bale like this weights around 12kg and will cover around, 8 square metres at 5cm
You can use it to retain moisture, suppress weeds and increase microbial and worm activity in the soil. It works well in the vegetable garden, you can use it in containers and its is also good for general garden beds and for using beneath fruit trees to retain moisture and suppress weeds.
Application rates will differ depending on the use, as a guide 5cm, or 2 inches is a starting point.
How to apply the mulch
Start by weeding the area.
Before applying the mulch, apply a fertiliser suited to the garden, aged cow manure suits nearly all plants, chicken manure suits a lot of plants, however not all.
You can also use compost if you have it available. Water ninth fertiliser or manure.
Whatever manure you use make sure it aged and not fresh as fresh manure can damage the roots of many plants.
You can spread the mulch easily by hand or use a rake for larger areas.
Water in the fertiliser before mulching, and then again after. Watering sugar can mulch after applying will prevent it from blowing away.
Every month or two check the depth of the mulch, once it begins to get a little thin, apply some more manure or fertiliser, water in and then a thinner layer of mulch, maybe around 2.5 cms (1 inch) to bring it back to the required level.
A thick layer 10 cm, will last for around 12 months. It works well beneath citrus tree, lemons, limes etc as it protects the shallow root system from drying out. It is suitable for mulching around roses unlike some other mulches.
So using sugar cane mulch will help minimise water loss, help suppress weeds as well as add nutrients to the soil as it breaks down. It is also MULCH That usually does not contain any weeds in it.
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0:00 What is Sugar Cane Mulch
0:49 How To apply and Application Rates
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