Polyorganics

16/11/2022

16/11/2022

Stock up on compost and lawn dressing for some summer gardening! Get up to 25% off on orders between today and black Friday 🖤🌳

Polyorganics: Compost, Lawn Dressing & Landscaping Aggregates

01/09/2022

Happy Spring Day everyone! 🌞

24/08/2022

September is around the corner which means summer days in the garden are almost here 🥳

We might not have you covered for the South African sun, but we do have something for your lawn.

Place your order today so your lawn can have a happy summer too 🌞

09/08/2022

Happy Women's Day Ladies 💐

Use the coupon code WOMANSDAY to get your discount online. Link to the webstore is in our bio 🌱

16/10/2021

Driven by the UN, World Food Day is dedicated to celebrate the efforts of those who transform our food systems, recognise the shortcomings that still exist, and conciously make an effort to drive our food systems towards sustainability. Each one of us have a role to play, and at PolyOrganics our role is to feed soil organically. Today, we celebrate healthy soil - the start of all food systems.

02/09/2021

South Africa celebrates Arbor Week from 1-7 September. It's a campaign to promote and a better life for all and is normally celebrated by planting trees. Join the campaign by planting an indigenous tree this week!

25/08/2021

is here! Our favourite season 🌱🌞 We can't wait to sink our fingers into some soil, and give our garden some much needed TLC after the winter. To spread some spring time excitement, we are running a special until 31 August 2021. Book your compost or lawn dressing order for delivery before 31 August, and you will qualify for a 10% discount. Simply email [email protected] with the subject "Spring Sale" and we will include the 10% discount on your order. Happy Spring everyone!

10/08/2021

We'd like to wish all the lovely ladies in our lives a happy Women's Day for yesterday 💐. We especially appreciate all the ladies who share a love for the environment with us.

We also want to take a moment to appreciate the fact that our lady team member was featured in the blog last week 😏 in case you missed it, you can catch it here: https://www.foodformzansi.co.za/composting-entrepreneur-on-mission-to-feed-the-soil/?amp

27/07/2021

As the frost from the final weeks of winter melt off our plants, we want to remind all our customers that we will be introducing new prices as of 1 August 2021. To take advantage of our old prices, please place your order for delivery/collection on or before 31 July 2021. Orders can be placed on our website, by emailing [email protected], or by calling us on 076 300 9673 🌱🌷

26/09/2020

This week we're giving a shout out to the FUN-guys in our soil.

Did you know? Soil fungi are microscopic plant-like cells that can be single celled (e.g. yeast) or grow in long threadlike structures or hyphae that make a mass called mycelium (e.g. mushrooms).

Food for thought: There are three groups of soil fungi - decomposers (saprophytic fungi), mutualists (mycorrhizal fungi) and pathogens or parasites. Decomposers and mutualists help maintain nutrient levels in the soil and some work in partnership with plants. In exchange for carbon from the plant, mycorrhizal fungi help solubilize phosphorus and bring soil nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen, micronutrients, and perhaps water) to the plant. Unfortunately, pathogens harm or kill plants but play an important role in maintaining biodiversity in an ecosystem.

When protecting your garden plants from pathogenic fungi, be careful not to kill the good guys to! They are vital for healthy soil. If you're not sure if the fungi you see in your garden is good or bad, do a Google search before you act.

19/09/2020

As we dig a bit deeper into our appreciation of soil, we want to take a moment to celebrate the importance of soil for the regulation of carbon in the atmosphere.

Did you know? There are more than 2700 gigatons of carbon stored in the earths soils.

Food for thought: All living organisms are made of carbon. Plants are amazing in that they not only take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere through photosynthesis; when plants die, or parts of them die, they become another source of carbon in the soil. In short plants are vital to getting carbon out of the atmosphere and back into the soil and to keeping the carbon cycle (which we have thrown out of balance) in balance.

For those of you who enjoy a good TedTalk, this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgmssrVInP0) video describes the importance of soil in the carbon cycle beautifully.

12/09/2020

Last week we celebrated how healthy soil feeds a whole ecosystem of fauna and flora through the Soil Food Web. This week we want to take a moment to recognise what soil actually is.

Food for thought: soil is so much more than the little bit we can see. It is a combination of organic matter (decomposing plants, animals, and microbes), biomass (living plants, animals, and microbes), water, air, minerals (sand, silt, and clay), and nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium).

Did you know? soil has 6 distinct layers as the composition of the soil changes the further away it is from the surface. The top layer (humus) keeps the lid on healthy soil. Unfortunately, some soil has no humus. This is known as soil erosion.

05/09/2020

This week we came across this (https://youtu.be/Y5_37k9HdJw) amazing video and we were reminded once again why we started PolyOrganics in the first place: to feed the soil.

Life on earth is dependent on healthy soil. So for September, we've decided to dedicate our weekly posts to Food for Soil by giving you some Food For Thought with our posts.

Food for Thought: Healthy soil feeds a whole ecosystem of fauna and flora. The Soil Food Web shows how animals depend on organic matter (like compost) in soil to feed themselves. Bacteria and Fungi are at the start of the food web.

Did you know? Bacteria are the most abundant microbes in the soil. They are single celled organisms, and there can be billions of bacteria in a single gram of soil.

28/08/2020

As spring creeps closer, the little creatures who feed on our plants also come along. Here are some of our favourite ways to encourage pesky little bugs to leave our plants alone.

20/08/2020

We've decided to dedicate our August tips to . This week's tips are about in your !

We love to learn more, so share your space saving tips with us in the comments below!

13/08/2020

Earth Overshoot Day marks the day that humanity has used up the ecological resources that Earth can regenerate in that year. In 2020, this day is 22 August.

So, we're dedicating our August tips to how we can use less resources in our garden and take part in the movement.

This week's tips are dedicated to one of our most valuable resources: WATER 💦

Have you got another tip on how to save water in your garden? Please share your ideas with us in the comments below!

Want to learn more about Earth Overshoot Day? Visit https://www.overshootday.org/

Happy Gardening! 🌳

06/08/2020

As we continue to keep our distance from our friends and family, we just wanted to remind you that a garden is a friend you can visit any time! 😄

We also wanted to let you know that we will be launching our weekly garden tips next week Thursday. So, give us a follow on Instagram or Facebook to get ideas for what you could try in your garden this spring 🌼🌿