Sugar Cane Mulch for the garden. Using and applying Sugar Cane Mulch to the vegetable and flower garden to retain moisture, suppress weeds and add organic matter to the soil. Sugar cane Mulch is available for sale in compressed bales and has become popular with Australian Gardeners and now comes cut, processed and baled into compressed wrapped packages for easy transportation. Available for sale from Nurseries, Hardware Stores and Online suppliers.
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Sugar Cane Mulch is a by product of the sugar industry.
Used as a Mulch Sugar Cane is great for retaining water as well as adding organic matter to the soil as it breaks down. Also used widely as a weed suppresser.
Some sugar cane mulch is certified as 100% organic other types are not.

When applying sugar cane mulch water the soil well before spreading the mulch to a depth of 5cm. Like all mulches sugar can mulch should be kept away from the stems and trunks of trees and plants.

Sugar cane Mulch will not break down as quickly as Lucerne Mulch or Pea Straw, an advantage or disadvantage depending on the application.

Benefits of Sugar Cane Mulch

  • helps control weeds
  • is usually weed free and will not germinate
  • allows good water penetration to the soil
  • provides a cool root run
  • encourages earth worms
  • easy to apply
  • sugar cane mulch decomposes completely and adds nutrients to the soil
  • helps keep soil temerature higher during colder months enhancing growth and microbal activity.
  • sugar cane mulch is available in handy compressed bales (chopped) wrapped for easy transport
 

 

 

 
Sugar Cane Mulch for : Sydney (New South Wales - NSW), Brisbane (Queensland - QLD), Melbourne Victoria VIC), Adelaide (South Australia - SA), Perth (Western Australia - WA), Hobart (Tasmania - TAS), Darwin (Northern Territory - NT) and Canberra (ACT)