Re: mulch

Well it breaks down quicker here w/ the heat. I only get a 6 week
respite from end of Dec. until rose pruning time (Feb 10-15th). Then
it's full steam ahead.


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Kitty
Sent: 5/10/2004 10:44:46 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] mulch

> Good Golly Garden Queen!  When do you ever sit down?

> I add mulch in late spring and touch up any thin spots in fall. And that's

> enough!

> Kitty

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>

> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>

> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 9:40 PM

> Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] mulch

> 

> 

> > Even w/ 2 compost piles going all the time and lots of leaves, I still

> > need mulch. Cedar is best under the roses particularly - keeps some bugs

> > away. Remember w/ heat - mulch breaks down FAST. I have to reapply it

> > every three months. You may not have to up there.

> >

> >

> > Pam Evans

> > Kemp, TX

> > zone 8A

> > ----- Original Message -----

> > From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com

> > Sent: 5/10/2004 4:42:07 PM

> > To: gardenchat@hort.net

> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] mulch

> >

> > > Am I the only person in the world who doesn't use commercial mulch?  I

> won't

> > > say I have never bought mulch - some years ago I invested in a few bags

> of

> > > cocoa hulls for a bed that needed more help than I could provide, and I

> use salt

> > > hay in the vegetable garden when I can find it.  Other than that I use

> > > compost, leaves, pine needles and well rotted wood chips the tree man

> leaves us when

> > > we have tree work done.  The chips have to rot for two or three years

> before

> > > they are good for mulch.  Lots of my neighbors use that awful red

> stuff - sorry

> > > if I'm offending anyone but I think it is hideous.  Maybe I'm backward.

> > > Auralie

> > >

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