General News

SABRINA STARS IN COWARAMUP

We had a blast on Friday! Sabrina Hahn thanks for sharing your love of gardening with an enthusiastic bunch of local gardeners! Your vast knowledge of how to care for our own patches and the wider environment, delivered with such warmth and fun, was simply magic! There were so many take-home messages: Home-made compost is…

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EARLY NITROGEN TO FILL THE FEED GAP

Nitrogen (N) fertiliser can boost pasture growth during feed shortages: for instance, in late breaks to the season and with early lambing ewes. To gain the full economic benefits you must use the additional feed produced, and the largest benefits are when pasture feed replaces the need to buy supplementary feed. Using N fertiliser may…

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TIME TO LIME

Growers are liming now to adjust their soil’s PH and calcium profiles. The graph below shown how soil pH affects availability of plant nutrients: Call Cowaramup Agencies for pit lime or, for smaller scaled jobs, use Calciprill. Read more here, or call Tim. Agronomist Brooke Anderson can offer advice on Calciprill and its use. Calciprill is pure calcium…

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