Re: sand mulch
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: sand mulch
- From: c* s* <s*@aristotle.net>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 13:43:31 -0500
From: celia storey <storey@aristotle.net>
>From: "R. Dennis Hager" <rdhager@dmv.com>
>
>I have seen no evidence that sand will deter crickets. My soil is sandy
>loam and I used sand as a bed for bricks and slate.
I pile plain sand -- not loam -- on top of the rhizomes so they aren't
exposed. It works. I think the crickets aren't willing to dig them out.
celia
s*@aristotle.net
Little Rock, Arkansas, USDA Zone 7b
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257 feet above sea level,
average rainfall about 50 inches (more than 60" in '97)
average relative humidity (at 6 a.m.) 84%.
moderate winters, hot summers ... but lots of seesaw action in all seasons
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