We stock a range of fruit trees in bags.

peaches, apples, plums, nectarine all $25,

pears all $30,  feijoa all $15,  citrus all $20.

red and yellow tamarillo $3.70.

We have two job vacancies.

2 IC Sales and Production and a Landscaper/Planter.

The 2 IC sales and production person will support our sales and production manager who runs the day to day management of the nursery, planning production of that day and doing sales. Your role would be to assist and at times fill that role while she is on leave or busy with other things. Some Saturday work will be required. You must have initiative and work well in a team.  At times there are several casual staff that you will need to supervise.  You will have a full drivers license and no criminal record.  You must have a dedication to a career in the nursery industry and have had experience

doing sales and production.  At times there will be deliveries of plants to the Far North and Auckland that you will be responsible for.  A good remuneration will be negotiated. Applications close on 31st March 2010.  Apply in writing by post or email.  Start date is flexible but we would like the successful applicant to start mid to late April.

The Landscaper/Planter will be responsible for doing landscaping and planting jobs ranging from domestic landscaping around houses to revegetation planting of wetlands and other environmental projects.  Our landscaping focuses on planting rather than hard landscaping (timber and paths etc), though in time we may move into that field of landscaping so it is not esential to have experience in hard landscaping but a knowledge of some things would be a bonus.  Experience on small diggers is also a bonus but not essential.  Some experience with scrub cutters, chainsaws and spray equipment is expected.  You will at times be working on small jobs by yourself and on larger jobs you may be supervising several casual staff.  At times when there is no landscape work on you will be required to work in the nursery in the production team producing plants.  You must have a full drivers license and no criminal record.  You must have had experience and a dedication to a career in the nursery/landscaping industry.  A good remuneration will be negotiated.  Applications close on 31st March 2010.  Apply in writing by post or email.  Start date is flexible but we would like the successful application to start mid to late April.

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Root quality is the most important thing (followed closely by stem thickness and plant height) when it comes to making a planting job successful. If the roots are good the plant will grow as best it can in the ground you put it in.  If you buy low grade and cheap as chips root trainers or plugs the success rate will be much lower (we do not sell root trainers or plugs).

Pictured above is our smallest revege grade we grow, our tall 5cm tube grade of Manuka.  It is 50mm square at the top and 120mm deep (a root trainer grade is 35 x 40mm & 110mm deep). 

Stem thickness is required so that the plant can support itself under normal breezes. When we plant revegetation we stake every tree so they don't get damaged when there are gusts or a storm.  Some people say it's a waste of time and money, but consider this: A stake will cost you 15-20 cents for small plants plus 2-5 cents for the tie (if you use a tape tool).  That means you only need to save 3-7% from dieing in order to cover the extra cost of staking.  I can assure you that i have seen plenty of private and proffessionally planted jobs where no staking has been done and there has been 25-90% loss after a storm or if they are in a high wind area.  Not to mention the fact that the remaining plants are damaged and take time to recover, thus increasing your period of maintenance required.

Plant height should not be too high.  We usually have our plants cut at 20-30 for our tall 5cm tubes, 30-45cm for our 9cm tube (1/2 litre), 40-60cm for 1 litre, 50-75cm for PB3 grade.  It is important for the plants to be cut in stages during their growth in the nursery so that the stem thickness increases.  Many nurseries don't do this at all or they cut them once, just before they are sold. The bigger the plant the more wind it will catch, and that will increase the risk of the plant being damaged.  If the plant has a strong stem and a good root ball and is not staked then the whole root ball can move in the hole you planted it in.  Every time it moves the small roots it is growing to anchor itself to the ground with are broken off.  Once again a stake (against the stem and through the rootball) will solve the problem.

It is simply dumb to work on the concept of buying, say 10,000 small (root trainers or plugs) at about $1.20 and then planting them and working on the theory that it's OK to loose lots because they were cheap.  It is more cost effective, faster, more rewarding and easier to plant a mix of mid-size grades (tall 5cm tubes, 1/2 litre, 1 litre, PB3).

Each site is different, but usually we will plant mostly 1/2 litre grades with some PB3 (usually the slower growing species) and some tall 5cm tube grade of manuka to infill gaps at the end of planting.  If there is lots of weed competition and you don't want to do any maintenance, then we use more of the bigger grades such as 1 litre instead of 1/2 litre.

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