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Mulch & The Garden

Mulching serves several purposes. It provides temperature control for the soil, helps to retain moisture, reduces weeds, protects plants from disease and when organic mulch is used, it improves the soil texture, adds nutrients and encourages earthworms.

  
 
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 Helpful Links Related to Mulch:
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UGA EXT: Mulching Vegetables
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Cypress Mulch
 Cypress Mulch: A popular mulch for those looking for a light yellow color. The freshness and aroma of the cypress brings alive any planting area. This mulch contains long slender fibers of cypress wood. Some say this mulch is resistant to many insects and unwanted bugs. This mulch will last for many years.  
 
Cypress Chips
 Cypress Chips: This square cut cypress mulch works great for play areas and other landscaping needs. The cut allows for maximum safety protection from splinters. This cypress is clean and consistent in size. The yellow color also distinguishes this mulch from any other.  
 
Deco Brown
 Decorative Brown: Made from recycled wood pallet fibers it receives a environmental friendly dye that fully coats this decorative mulch. It really works well with those flower beds or natural areas with a lot of green plants. This contrast is very popular among our customers. Decorative Red is a consistent mulch in size and texture and is clan of debris.  
 
Decorative red
 Decorative Red: A festive color of red that is sure to awaken your yard with vibrant color contrasts. Made from recycled wood pallet fibers it receives a environmental friendly dye that fully coats this decorative mulch. It really works well with those flower beds or natural areas with a lot of green plants. This contrast is very popular among our customers. Decorative Red is a consistent mulch in size and texture and is clan of debris.  
 
Hardwood
 Mixed Hardwood: A cost effective choice. It has been single ground, thus producing larger wood fibers with a variation in sizes throughout. Not as fine as the Red Oak but it works just as well on hills or any other mulching area. Also called a hill-hugger for it's ability to hold tight to surfaces. This provides a good coverage for trapping needed water in the soil.  
 
Large Nuggets
 Large Nuggets: Large 3.5 to 6 inch bark pieces that will outlast almost any other mulch. Provides a deep texture top a planting bed. With a light brown color this mulch will blend in to any natural area or flower bed.  
 
Mini Nuggets

Mini Nuggets: Very popular look with small bark chips. Taken from pine trees this mulch allows for a different look than most fiber based mulches. Easy to work with and to apply. Contains .5 inch to 3.5 inch bark pieces. Light brown in color

  
 
Pine Mulch
 Pine Mulch: This fine shredded mulch will add needed nutrients to any soil. This mulch is great for new planting areas because it will introduce the soil to new organic fibers and nitrogen. It has a reddish color and also a fine consistency that provides for a neat and smooth look when applied to any surface.  
    Red Oak: Double ground red oak hardwood. Double ground means that it has been processed twice as compared to the mixed hardwood which has been processed once. Great for any use around the home or business. Adds the ability to hold tight to strong slopes or sharp declines. Also great for natural looking walkways through your garden  
    Screened Hardwood is a screen version of our standard hardwood. The screening process allows for the size to be consist ant, which offers a smoother contrast when placed on a planting bed. You do not need to worry about extra large pieces standing out.  
 
Wood Chips

Wood Chips: Local chipped wood. Affordable price. Various wood.

 
 
Pine Straw
 Pine Straw is very common in the southeast. As a groundcover pine straw can be used to cover large areas of landscape at an affordable price. The reddish brown color also offers great contrast with most plants and shrubs. One bale of straw can cover any where from 35 sq ft to 100 sq ft depending on how thick you place it.  
 
Wheat Straw
 Wheat Straw can be used to set a new lawn when planting seed. It can also be used for various projects when erosion control is needed.  

Other Mulching Facts

A mulch of wood shavings, bark, straw, dried lawn clippings, leaves, sawdust or pine straw will help conserve moisture and keep down weeds. To be effective, the mulch must be applied between the rows and around the plants. Do not apply mulch to the garden too early in the spring; soil needs to warm up. Mulch will block the sunlight and the soil will remain cool and retard early plant growth. Wait four weeks after setting transplants before applying mulch. Such a mulch is valuable around unstaked tomato, cucumber and bush squash plants to keep the fruit from contact with the soil. Mulch should be about 2 to 4 inches deep after it has settled.

The mulch material can be raked off after the gardening season and re-used, or it can be spread over the area and worked into the soil. If much decomposed material is added to the soil, use some nitrogen fertilizer on the surface before spading it under

  
 

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