Re: mulch for Siberians
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- Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 10:51:59 EDT
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In a message dated 9/7/00 9:12:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
irisgardens@hotmail.com writes:
mentioned the fire hazard of pine straw near the house...wouldn't
that also apply to straw and other mulches like wood
chips and bark? Pine straw has one other advantage in that it stays put even
with the puffy new applications. >>
Hello Ellen,
The incendiary nature of anything from pines is the problem. A match dropped
into very dry pine needles will ignite the lot. The same thing does not
typically happen to bark and chips though I suppose it could. I used to use
the pines needles from several huge white pines we had on one property until
a code inspector gave me some printed info on the use of mulches used close
to the house or outbuildings. I no longer use pine needles anywhere as I
live in the country with no visible neighbors. I think it attractive and
where available a bargain for sure. But.........it is still a fire hazard in
dry periods.
That being said, I could also add for the rest of the list that in the
Northeast it has rained for about 90 days and nothing could burn here. We
are into the first good gardening week since April. We have also had a light
frost on Sept. 5. The season here was about 10 days altogether.
Harold, I have found the name of that really tall Siberian if you would write
to me.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
