Re: mulch survey

New bed - I put down newspapers (thick layer, dampened) and cedar mulch
- about 3" worth. Established beds, top off (3 or 4 times a year) w/
cedar mulch and sawdust from neighbor John's woodshop. Except for the
xeriscape herbs which get a pea gravel mulch as they prefer.


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Marge Talt
Sent: 5/10/2004 1:29:46 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] mulch

> > From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> > Question - poll, maybe.
> > What kind of mulch do you use?
> ----------
> 
> Fine chip pine bark is my preferred bagged mulch.  Also use rotted
> woodchips and chopped leaves.
> 
> I have yet to understand why people put down plastic or landscape
> fabric under mulch...just makes a real mess years down the road. 
> Plastic doesn't allow water to go through unless it's pierced, which,
> of course, would allow any perennial weed already there to grow
> through it and it would.  Landscape fabric doesn't stop roots at all
> - as you noted, Kitty, trees just grow right through it as do
> perennials and that's one melluvahess to deal with when you want to
> move something.  I guess it's marketing....use this and have no weeds
> or something.
> 
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@hort.net
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