Lyn Ellis and Murray McCracken at Currajuggle Creek Nursery
2014 Champions of the Catchment Place Story
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Youve planted our trees. Heres how we make them.
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Potting mix made from sand, pine bark and bush soil, providing
mycorrhizal bacteria and other inputs that help the seedlings
grow.
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Mixing by hand and mechanically.
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Sieving to ensure fine particles.
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Home made triple-scrubbers to wash and re-use pots.
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Washing to re-use pots.
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Re-used pots drying in the sun for further sterilisation.
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Filling pots with the potting mix.
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Making a dip in the potting mix with the back of a
screwdriver.
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Seeds gathered locally by Lyn.
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Distributing seeds into pots.
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Covering the seeds, eg with a layer of sand.
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Labelling each tray.
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An old standard shower head provides a gentle spray
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Hand watering minimizes waste and lets us inspect each plant
every day.
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Greenhouses help keep out pests, and provide a stable growing
environment.
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Murray made the high benches. These avoid bending and prevent
slug and snail attack.
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Did you know that we still have some stock available from last
season?
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See the space under the pots? This is the key to air-pruning of
the roots.
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The pots have vertical ridges. This makes the roots grow
straight down, and not coil around.
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Vertical roots.
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The air-pruned roots have nubs ready to shoot straight down
into the soil when planted.
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Even the advanced long stems have vertical roots and healthy
root nubs.
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Long stems can be planted deeply into the soil, and will sprout
roots from the trunk.
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Protecting a Monga Waratah from birds, so the seeds can be
harvested.
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Place story by Su Wild-River, Upper Shoalhaven Landcare Council
and Matilda OBrien, Braidwood Central School Spoken by Lyn Ellis
and Murray McCracken With grateful thanks and congratulations from
all of us who plant your trees and shrubs, and watch them growing
strong and tall.