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For the growing season 06/07 IMBY decided to test some of the mulches
produced by the Resource Recovery Centre (RRC), still using water efficient
gardening methods (drip irrigation).
The RRC prepared another two beds, so the trial area was four beds each about
5.76 square metres.
| Photos below show the four beds in January 2007 - the sign
explains the trial |
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| This bed is growing out beans for seed. The harvested
seed will be used for more "Pocket Money Beans" Gaps in
the beans are from a heatwave that killed seedlings in the middle of the
bed |
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| This is our water-use challenge for a lawn. Turfco
donated 6 square metres of "Sir Walter" Premium Lawn Turf - once
it is established it requires no water other than rain. That is what
I am testing and so far, so good |
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| This is the bed growing pumpkins, beans and tomatoes.
It is in a growing medium called "Nutrifeed" - the RRCs compost
with Turkey litter blended in The pumpkins have grown really
well. The beans may have been stunted by the pumpkins |
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| This is the bed growing the same items as the Nutrifeed
bed. It uses Nutripost, which is the RRCs compost. The beans
have done better in this bed. Growth from left to right shows how
the drip watering provides better water pressure closer to the inlet. |
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