Re: drainage & survival
- Subject: Re: drainage & survival
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 04:20:41 -0400
Hmm...well, I don't think it's so much what is used for mulch as the
underlying soil. Have never seen marsh hay. Wonder if it's the same
as salt hay that's so popular in New England? Never seen that,
either, but have read about it supposedly not turning mushy like
regular hay does.
Unchopped leaves - big ones - will tend to cake around crowns, but
chopped leaves make a good mulch in my experience and don't hold a
lot of excess moisture.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Barb Pernacciaro <barp@idcnet.com>
>
> In talking to the nursery people today (after spending too much as
usual),
> they said that many people use leaves around here in Wisconsin as
winter
> mulch, which of course holds ice and water around the plants and
rots them.
> She recommends marsh hay (which they sell in the fall).
>
> -Barb in WI
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