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Standup gardening and avoiding potting mix dust with Bunnings items

Jamespeter100
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Standup gardening and avoiding potting mix dust with Bunnings items

I can't bend over easily nor can I use potting mix, so switched to coir seed raising mix to grow seedlings. . Fox gloves grown in buckets to avoid the nursery pot tax.Fox gloves grown in buckets to avoid the nursery pot tax.

Steps

Step 1

Coir for germinating seeds.Coir for germinating seeds.

Step 2

Bunnings sell these 50mm sqaure tubes. Pic to show the root structure, not a ball of roots at the bottom of a punnet.Bunnings sell these 50mm sqaure tubes. Pic to show the root structure, not a ball of roots at the bottom of a punnet.

Step 3

A grasping wand.A grasping wand.

Step 4

Picked up a plant. The grasping tool is handy for planting blulbs in holes dug with the trenching spade.Picked up a plant. The grasping tool is handy for planting blulbs in holes dug with the trenching spade.

Step 5

A trench spade for making channels, Also, the holes for the plants. and filling a row with cow manure. The soil is placed back over the cow manure.A trench spade for making channels, Also, the holes for the plants. and filling a row with cow manure. The soil is placed back over the cow manure.

Step 6

The cow manure.The cow manure.

Step 7

The cinerarias are planted up on the ridges, to avoid crown rot. Heavy rains are drained away. Note, Bunnings sell this cineraria - it's marketed as Cineraria Tapestry.The cinerarias are planted up on the ridges, to avoid crown rot. Heavy rains are drained away. Note, Bunnings sell this cineraria - it's marketed as Cineraria Tapestry.

JacobZ
Bunnings Team Member
Bunnings Team Member

Re: Standup gardening and avoiding potting mix dust with Bunnings items

Hi @Jamespeter100,

 

Thank you for your post with your tips on how to garden in a more ergonomic way.

 

A brilliant way to help you and others preserve their body to prolong their ability to garden. I must say, you have got a fantastic garden so the longer you can continue your garden, the more beautiful the world will be.

 

Thanks for the share.

 

Jacob

 

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