Beginners Nursery Equipment Guide on Propagating, Handling & Growing of Plants

Posted by Aaron Chen on 13/02/2020

Plant propagation is the way we reproduce new plants from the plant stock you already have. It is a well used and known technique to increase the numbers of plants in your nursery.

Handling potted plants is crucial because the incorrect method is likely to damage your stock. How a nursery handles plants can largely affect the work efficiency, overall productivity and profitability.

Maximising plant growth needs to be achievable and using appropriate shelter, tools and equipment all adds up to the successful plant strike rates nurseries require. Therefore, to assist you in knowing what nursery equipment and tools, are out there we have put together a beginner nursery equipment guide on propagating, handling and growing of nursery plants.

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Topics: Plant Propagation

How to Choose A Good Shade House Supplier That You Won't Regret

Posted by Aaron Chen on 13/02/2020

You can get confused easily about how to find the best shade house vendor and which one to choose whether you go online or visit a manufacturing workshop. To get the best offer, you will have to do your research and consider different aspects before purchasing the shade house.

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Work Safely In Production Nurseries

Posted by Aaron Chen on 03/02/2020

In Australia, all workers including casual, part-time, full-time, contract and even students, are protected by the safety law --- Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act. Managers, supervisors or team coordinators are responsible for making sure that there is a safe environment to work in. When it comes to production nurseries in the plant nursery industry, manual handling task is one of the tasks that injure many people, which cause millions of dollars lost.

This article provide practical guidance and solutions for workplace health and safety issues in production nurseries so that you can implement them in your workplace.

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C-Mac’s Ezi Bagger Machine & Sandbag Hopper

Posted by Aaron Chen on 03/02/2020

Many of our existing customers keep coming back to us and refer C-Mac’s products/services to their business counterparts thanks to the benefit, features, quality, longevity and service that C-Mac provides. One of our most successful products is the Ezi Bagger Machine.

The goal for any bagging system is to fill the bags with material as effectively and efficiently as possible. Effectively means getting the right amount of material loaded into the bagging hopper and getting the right amount of material drop through the hopper opening within a certain amount of time. Efficiently means minimizing the amount of time that is wasted during each bag filling process and maximize the production quantity.

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Topics: Sandbag

Bagged Product for Landscape Suppliers?

Posted by Aaron Chen on 03/02/2020

As a landscape material supplier, you probably are selling your products in bulk and usually One (1) Tonne is the minimum calculation unit. But have you thought of selling your material products in small bags such as 20 kilo or 20 – 25 litre bags? If you do, a few questions you need to ask are:

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Automated Bagging Machine is not for Landscaping and Garden products?

Posted by Aaron Chen on 03/02/2020

Products most often bagged are different from products being packaged. The machinery used to package product is different from bagging machinery in that they are semi automatic or fully automatic and usually needed for high volume production. Packaged products include:

• Food service items — cups, lids, knives, forks, and spoons
• Do-it-yourself items — paint rollers, wallpaper rolls, widow shades, and curtain rods
• Toys — footballs
• Kit packaging — auto parts, nuts and bolts, puzzle pieces, tie wraps
• Bulk packaging — bottle caps
• Products that are not easy to handle on a flat surface — tennis, golf, and soccer balls
• Mixed products — books and CDs, shoes and shirts
• Irregularly shaped products — surfboards

Similar to packaging machines, there are two types of Bagging Machine in the market: semi automated bagger and fully automatic bagging equipment. So is a "automatic bagging machine" suitable for landscaping and garden materials/products?

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How to choose right shade cloth that makes a difference to plants

Posted by Aaron Chen on 03/02/2020

It is an enjoyable experience to see how quickly your cut flowers/plants grow in Spring. The temperature is comfortable and the environment is friendly to your plants. As summer approaches and the temperature outside begins to rise, you start to water your plants more. But have you thought of putting “sun screen” on your plants!! ---- Provide shade cloth to cover your plants as a shelter, this will save you water and energy as well as make your plants grow faster and be healthier.

What you need to do is know more about this “sun screen” and choose the right one to protect your plants from sunburn and other fatal factors under the fierce sun in summer.

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Topics: Shade house

Noise Control Knowledge for the Uninitiated

Posted by Aaron Chen on 03/02/2020

Sound is necessary in our daily life while noise is unwanted sound. Any unwanted sound that makes people have difficulty in hearing is noise.

Noise is everywhere and it exits in residential, commercial and industrial areas such as schools, office buildings recreational activities, car electronics, production lines, planes, machinery, mining transportation etc. Overall, noise is a result of our mechanical and electronic civilization, which can be anything from quiet, to annoying to loud and harmful.

Impact of noise in daily life

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Topics: Noise Control

Learn more on Industrial Noise - Avoid losing thousands of dollars

Posted by Aaron Chen on 03/02/2020

Amongst Australian manufacturing, sectors such as fabrication, engineering and other similar manufacturing businesses, industrial noise is a huge issue that has raised a lot of concern.

You may know that excessive industrial noise harms blue collar workers in factories, but do you really understand industrial noise and its impact? Do you know that you might lose hundreds of thousands of dollars when it comes to dealing with industrial noise related accidents and hearing loss claims?

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How to choose the Best Shade House Kit that positively impacts plants

Posted by Aaron Chen on 03/02/2020

Enthusiasts who have shade loving plants and are looking for a shade house usually want to protect their plants, improve growth and have a healthy work environment. However, having the knowledge, resources and skill to build a shade house from scratch can be an issue, so a “shade house kit” could be the best option.

Kits come with all the parts and have been proven and tested by someone else. All you need to do is follow the instructions step by step to assemble the kit components together, which should result in a quality well built fully completed shade house.

The question we all ask is: How do I find and choose the most suitable and best quality for value shade house kit available in the market place?

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