Today Hunter and I collected the sprouting Lilly pilly shoots from under our large Lilly pilly tree. They had all shot up from the seed pods that had dropped off around 3 months ago.

We dug up 40 holes along our front fence line, filled the holes with premium quality soil, planted the tree sprouts in firmly and watered them. After watering we sprayed them with Seasol.

I plan to water them every 3-4 days depending on the temperature and rain fall. I’ll spray with Seasol every 2 weeks as well.

Hunter loves getting into the dirt when we are in the garden. Watering has become his job. Most of the time it ends up on me instead of the plants but he loves it. The world is one big adventure as a kid.

We’ll keep track of the growth and hopefully in a few years we’ll have a nice big bushy hedge that creates a sound barrier from the road, as well as great privacy. I’ve planted the hedges 1 metre apart. I’ve also planted extra shoots in other potting areas in case I need to replace any.

You’ve always got to weary of root rot too, not to over water them.