Re: Cultivating the soil?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Cultivating the soil?
- From: A* R* <a*@austx.tandem.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 15:26:49 -0600 (CST)
> do you use freh bark mulch, or well decomposed bark mulch? the fresh
> wood mulches do not seem to be as beneficial as the decomposed ones, or
> those that decompose from the fresh state rapidly.
with respect to using the bark as nutrients or organic matter, yes,
you'd want one that was partially decomposed or easy to decompose. From
the *mulch* standpoint you DON'T. In our heat it's a moot point anyway.
EVERYTHING decomposes rapidly -- if it's ever going to (eg not
aluminium).
--
Amy Moseley Rupp (amyr@austx.tandem.com) Austin, TX, USDA z8b, Sunset z30
Amy Moseley (amy@ece.utexas.edu) Graduate Student in Software Engineering
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