FERTILISERS & SOIL CONDITIONERS

NATURE’S GARDEN ORGANIC FERTILISER
BIOGRO CERTIFIED: 20KG: $49.90
N-1, P-5, K-3, Ca-20, Mg3 + Trace Minerals.
Developed by Environmental Fertilisers in response to new soil research presented by Dr Arden Andersen.
A blend of Sechura RPR, humic acid, seaweed, vermicast and paramagnetic basalt rock dust. This has been composted and inoculated with beneficial soil bacteria and fungi that help to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, solubilise frozen reserves of phosphate, as well as being root growth stimulators. Contains over 70 essential plant minerals. Each 1 kilo of Nature’s Garden Fertiliser is equivalent to 4 kilos of compost. It will help to improve soil structure, increase beneficial soil life activity, build organic carbon levels, improve biological balance and improve yield and crop quality. We recommend that you use a few handfuls of this fertiliser for every tree that you plant.
DALTONS CERTIFIED ORGANIC COMPOST
40 litres: $12.60
If you are planting your fruit trees into heavy clay or sandy soil you will need to put compost into the hole. This will get you off to a good start.
ROK SOLID FERTILISER
MINERALS—MICROBES—ENERGY
20kg: $43.50
Loaded with minerals and energy, ROK SOLID’s formulation is built around the natural structure of good soil. The product possesses all the vital attributes that help to fuel the natural life cycles in soils and will create a soil that will provide the health and production to satisfy all needs.
OCEAN ORGANICS SEAWEED SOIL CONDITIONER
5 litres: $75.00 / 1 litre: $28.00
Regular application of this product over 2 to 3 years will markedly increase life in you soil, making the nutrients you put on and those that are locked in the soil more available to your trees and plants, and so increase their health. This means less disease and less pest problems. A quality product. Dilute to 1 part concentrate to 100 parts water—a little goes a long way.
GYPSUM
25kg: $21.90
Often called the ‘clay buster, gypsum is a type of lime which aggregates fine clay particles into larger particles which improves soil drainage. It helps to keep the ground from becoming waterlogged in winter, or too dry in the summer.

TOOLS
Bahco Secateurs: $39.90
Good quality for a reasonable price.
Bahco Fruit Snips: $47.80
Sharpening Stone: $29.00
A quality sharpening stone for secateurs and other garden tools.
Austrian Scythes:
Wooden Snath: $195.00 /Blades: 45cm $117.00 / 55cm $125.00
Scythe the grass in your orchard each spring when the grass comes away before the herbal ley (October / November). The herbal ley will be dominant again until the following Spring.
Scythe Penning Jig: $160:00
This is the ultimate gadget for sharpening your scythe blade. A simple but effective device that will keep your scythe super sharp.
Kinso Spades (made in Japan)
Light, well balanced spades with strong welded steel handles, shafts and blades.
Square: $70.00 Excellent for breaking up soil and precision cutting.
Pro: $75.00 For digging holes and trenches. Curved blade.
Long: $80.00 For small post holes and trenches and planting smaller plants.
Pruning and Grafting Wax (Organic)
Easy to spread wax, perfect for using when you prune fruit trees, or when you have a broken branch that needs cutting and dressing, or if you are grafting. A beeswax based product with tea tree oil and eucalyptus oil. Using this product will go a long way towards keeping silverleaf and other airbourne problems out of your trees.
Grafting Tape: $4.95 per roll.

ORCHARD HERBAL LEY: $34.00
Early Autumn or Spring are the times to establish your orchard herbal ley. This collection includes enough seed to sow 200 square metres of orchard—an area roughly 20m x 10m). A section in Kay’s book Design Your Own Orchard gives instructions. As well as the Red, White and Subterranean Clover, Alfalfa, Parsnip, Borage and Phacelia we recommend spring bulbs, Comfrey, Yarrow and Tansy.
Red Clover 500gms: $9.00
A great ground cover in any orchard situation. It comes up fast, evenly and blocks out weeds well if planted at the right time of the year. If you have ground to cover before the weeds come up and you want to do it quickly and get the rest of the herbal ley in later this is the one. Best planted in Spring once the ground has warmed up but while it is still moist - usually September to November. 500 grams will cover an area of 100-200 square metres depending how thickly you sow it.
Subterranean Red Clover 500gms: $10.00
Recommended by an organic grower in Kerikeri, but also works well in the South Island. Subterranean clover is a much larger seed than the other clovers and is an annual rather than a perennial. It flowers and self-seeds prolifically so it only has to be planted once. The good thing about this clover is that it is a Winter crop. If planted in the Autumn it will grow all winter and flower in November and die down for all the summer ground covers and herbs to come through. Because it is so strong in the early Spring it smothers many of those early Spring weeds. 500 grams will cover 50-100 square metres depending how thickly you sow it.