RE: Soil mix!!
- Subject: RE: Soil mix!!
- From: C* S* L*
- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 16:54:51 -0600 (CST)
Can someone explain the pine bark to me? I've never quite gotten it clear
in my mind...
I thought folks put down pine mulch because "something" in the pine bark
helps prevent weeds from growing. The explanation given to me was that not
much grows in a pine forest (except the pines, duh) due to some inhibitor
with the pine needles, or roots or ???.
Am I just totally nuts or has anyone else ever heard this?
If it isn't true I'll start adding a little pine bark to my mix, it is easy
to find here (up north), people use it for decoration.
Susan
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pine bark. The bark may be hard to find in the north, but half or more of
perlite to a peat based mix is better than the peat by itself.
