Re: Cult:Eucalyptus Mulch (was OT-mulching)
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- Subject: Re: Cult:Eucalyptus Mulch (was OT-mulching)
- From: S* C* <S*@ento.csiro.au>
- Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 22:41:09 -0700 (MST)
Jan was using eucalyptus bark which is a bit different to leaves but you
may find that rhododendrons or azaleas do very well under your gum trees.
Eucalypts will prevent seed from germinating underneath them but will not
effect plants (except for shading ,competing for water, altering pH etc).
Simone Clark
Canberra Australia
>
>I want you to know that it is not that I don't believe what you do, but I
have
>to admit that when read that you use eucalyptus leaves as a mulch, my chin
hit
>the keyboard! I have two giant (5' diameter trunks) Blue Gum "Euc"s on the
>back of my lot and I thought that nothing would grow under them. I guess I am
>just going to have to try a couple of sacrifical rhizomes to see if
suddenly I
>have room for another 200 Irses! Wow, what a thought!
>
>Now, just where did I leave that bag of old dried up rzs???
>
>John | "There be dragons here"
> | Annotation used by ancient cartographers
>
