Re-seeding plants and using mulch
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How Do Plants Re-seed Through Mulch?
Comments (2)They'll root right through the mulch, as will most weed seeds. Depending on what kind of mulch you're using. Most fine textured materials like bark or compost or even gravel will allow seeds to sprout and roots to grow. If you're using a fabric or plastic or paper layer then seedling roots won't grow through that, but they will grow in whatever you put on top of the fabric layer....See Moredirect seeding and whether to use wood mulch
Comments (2)Sue, if it's in the 60s, time to get those seeds in. You will have to remove the mulch to direct sow. This will work although it may not be too asthetically pleasing. 60s eh? Lucky you. :) Libby...See MoreRe-using shredded cedar mulch
Comments (6)Hi Wish, IÂve never heard of that eitherÂand have never replaced any mulch. When I plant I rake it back away from where IÂm gonna dig the hole, and when IÂm done I push it back where it was to start with. A couple days ago I just took all the mulch off of the top of two whisky barrels I have in the front yard, and itÂs now in a big plastic pot waiting to be put back on top of the soil in the same whiskey barrels when theyÂre planted for this year. I do tend to add a little more on top around my perennials each year because the stuff thatÂs on the bottom thatÂs in contact with the soil gradually composts into the soil, so I just make sure thereÂs a good layer there. There is a color contrast when I put fresh stuff on here and there, but in a couple weeks it fades and all looks the same again. The only thing I know of that you shouldnÂt do with wood mulch is mix a whole bunch of it into the soil if you have things growing there or are going to be planting things there since undecayed wood would bind the nitrogen in the soil while it was decaying, so youÂd probably wind up with some poor looking, struggling plants until the majority of the wood was decayed. Other than that, I agree with BP, was the writer in the mulch-selling business? Besides, if "old" mulch wasnÂt safe to put back around plants, it wouldnÂt be safe to put it on the compost pile either! As long as itÂs not rock, itÂs good! Skybird...See More2nd season mulch & Re planting
Comments (3)Last year I removed it so I could till the whole garden, this year I am just leaving it, there is way too much, and just moving it out of the rows (where I used it on the rows, which was sparingly,) and turning them only. If the board was more active right now you'd certainly get tons of opinions on mulching and tilling etc. I'm sure if you did a search you will find lots of previous discussions....See MoreSouthCountryGuy Zone 4b-5 SE BC
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