Mulch Dilemma
This past weekend we had a gardening day on our church grounds, which we
do each spring, amending soil, trimming bushes, weeding, and putting in
more perennials and the annuals. 24 hours later, all the annuals were
dying and the perennials were terribly damaged. It looked like the
tuberous begonias "melted" and the ferns were limp and brown. Even
barberry bushes were beginning to brown on the bottom branches. We
purchased our mulch from a reliable company that sells it to nurseries,
school districts, etc., and the contractor's dump trucks were lined up
for a block the day we purchased our 3 yards. It did not seem "hot".
I am wondering if there were some toxins in the wood. This is a first
for me in many years of gardening. Our 60+ man hours of labor did
nothing but kill our plants. Any ideas what could have happened?
deborah moll
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