Top Dressing your beds helps to dramatically reduce Weed Growth.
Using Apsley Farms Mulch as a Top Dressing will reduce the usual garden maintenance, suppress and stop weed growth and give a professional finish to your garden.
It will add three main beneficial nutrients Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium to soil throughout the season.
Made from a mix Anaerobically produced fibrous material consisting of rye, maize, barley and grass, we are proud to say that it has been certified for Organic Use by the Soil Association.
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How to use and apply:
- Apply early Spring to mid Summer
- Mulch is easy to apply to the surface of the beds using a folk, spade and rake
- We recommend to weed the area beforehand
- Spread a 2” – 3″ layer of mulch over the bed – we recommend keeping a 2” gap around any plants in the bed to avoid any chance of burning
- The result will increase water retention in the soil, add nutrients at a steady rate and gives a professional finish to your borders and flower beds
Key Product details in no particular order
- Contains healthy amounts of Nitrogen, Potassium and Phosphorus and other beneficial trace elements
- Soil Association approved for Organic Use
- Improves soil structure
- Helps moisture retention
- Light and easy to handle
- Aesthetically pleasing.
- Reduces soil erosion
- Increases the protection of roots
- Weed free
- Made from rye, maize, barley and grass.
- Waste, plastic and peat free
- Attracts worms to your garden
- Vegan friendly
- pH 8-8.5
Apsley Farm mulch process:
- Made from rye, maize, barley and grass, all used as the feed crops are farmed and cultivated by Apsley Farms.
- They are stored in large storage sacks to pickle for a minimum of 6 weeks, known as the Ensiling Process
- The crops are added to the Anaerobic Digestor for 150+ days producing Green renewable energy.
- The process kills all seed traces
- Each 730 litre bag of Apsley Farms Mulch will heat a home for 15 days.