Hi,
What is the most economical way to buy mulch? I am thinking of euci mulch, but buying it in bags from Bunnings seems expensive.
Regards,
Steve
Hello @SteveC
Thanks for sharing your question regarding ordering mulch. Allow us to make some queries for you regarding ordering large quantities of Eucy mulch. As soon as we have more information regarding the mulch, we'll get back to you.
Thank you for your patience.
Eric
Hi @SteveC,
You'll be pleased to know we can organise a Special Order of ANL 1m³ NSW Eucy Mulch delivered straight to your home as you are in a selected Metro area. It's significantly cheaper to order mulch in bulk quantities than per bag. Just see a helpful team member at your local Bunnings store's Special Orders desk to place your order.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mitchell
G'day Mitch. @MitchellMc
"You'll be pleased to know we can organise a Special Order of ANL 1m³ NSW Eucy Mulch delivered straight to your home."
Is this available in regional NSW? Cost of a cubic metre delivered?
Cheers.
I do apologise @Noyade, but our supplier has a limited area of delivery, and this offer is only available in selected metro areas. It would still be worth discussing options with our helpful Special Orders team next time you're at your local store, as I trust they'll try their best to find a solution for you.
Thanks,
I might as well buy it direct from ANl.
Now to figure out qty. My garden used to take 7-9 bags of sugar cane mulch, although I can't recall what size bag, probably around 18sq m.
I suggest having a quick look at this discussion - How much coverage for 1m3 of mulch? by @macca1966. In the discussion, it was mentioned that one cubic meter at a thickness of 40mm will cover 25 square meters. Since you only have 18 square meters to cover one cubic meter will be more than sufficient to cover your area.
If you need further assistance, please let us know.
Hi Eric,
I think you misread my post.
I normally use 7-9 bags of 18sq m sugar cane mulch.
My apologies, if one bag covers 18 square meters and we were to use the maximum number of bags which is 9, you would need to cover 162 square meters. Since once cubic meter covers approximately 25 square meters at a thickness of 40mm you would approximately need 6.5 cubic meters.
My best advice is to double check the size of the bag and its coverage before you place your order.
If you need further assistance, please let me know.
I am going to try and measure the area a bit more accurately. some areas are heavily coverd in plants so won't need much mulch.
Hi @SteveC
Let us know how big the area is and we'll calculate the quantity for you.
Thanks Eric,
The area is not a shape that can be measured easily, see attached image. this is just part of the garden, the rest is a similar group of shapes, butted up against two straight border fences.
Could you post an image of the whole garden @SteveC? This one bed might use a quarter of a cubic meter at most. The 6.5 cubic meters suggested above would be a significant amount of mulch.
Hi Mitchell,
Please see attached video. I did a rough measurement today and came up with 74 m² which at a 40mm depth would be around 3 m³.
This did not include areas where no mulch is required due to planting density. As you can see from the video, that would account for 30-40% of the area, so probably only 2m³ would be required.
The weeds in the front section are now all gone, I removed them all today!
https://youtu.be/pMDsIP2bMtc
Thanks for posting that video of your garden. I agree with your estimate of 2 cubic meters, it should be enough to cover the area as there are a great number of plants that don't need coverage.
Eucy mulch is a bit out of my budget at this point, would sugar cane mulch be OK?
I believe sugar cane mulch should be perfectly fine for your garden. To add further weed protection, I suggest covering the area with weed control mat.
Thanks
