Application rates:

New garden beds for vegetables, flowers, lawns, and native plants.​

• 3 - 5 kg per square metre (unimproved sandy soils will benefit from higher application rates)

• Add a high quality matured compost as well (5-10 kg per square metre)

• Spread clay and compost onto surface of soil and mix into top 15-25 cm manually or using a rotary hoe

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Established gardens, trees, and lawns.

• 1-2 kg per square metre: apply 500 g per square metre, 2–4 times over several weeks

• Add a high qualtiy matured compost, 2-5 kg per square metre.

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Establishing new vegetable and flower beds, lawns, pot plants and soil mixes:

• Spread dry bentonite granules across the soil surface

• Apply compost or manure as desired

• Work the bentonite and compost through the root zone to a depth of 25 cm.

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Establishing a native plant garden:

• Spread dry bentonite granules across the soil surface

• Work the bentonite and compost through the soil to a depth of 25 cm

• Apply mulch.

• Info sourced from Water Wise Gardens

• www.bentonitewa.com.au

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