grubs in mulched beds?
mamimo
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jean001
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Comments (5)Playground mulch is actually designed to standards that have mostly to do with impact (and liability to those who specify it). The knock on cedar mulch, as I remember it, is that it is very fibery and can give you little tiny splinters if you contact it a lot (refering to western red cedar). Pine mulch is a widely varying thing as there is no standard, there are lots of species of pine, and then there is the whole thing between recycled wood, wood chips, and actual bark (won't even go into dye).... and in the south they use pine needles as mulch (usually called pine straw). Pine mulch can mean a lot of different things. My mulch of choice is finely ground pine BARK. The problem is that it is more often than not "cut" with other crap (recycled wood or wood chips) these days and you wind up with a bunck of wood chips on top after about a month to the weather....See MoreCreate flower beds where grubs destroyed the grass?
Comments (2)lawn grubs eat lawn roots... NEVER heard of them attacking hosta roots in my 20 years experience ... i would presume the plague that took your lawn will disappate to reasonable levels.. without a lawn to feast on .. ergo ... dont bother polluting mother earth.. for a problem that may already be fixed ... proceed at will .. and if a new problem arises.. treat that problem ... properly .. dont fix something that is probably already fixed, for the lack of grass .. ken...See Morewhite grubs in my veggie bed!
Comments (2)Were the plants in trouble? If not, the grubs weren't a problem. Further, what size grubs? If high organic matter in the bed, and the grubs were several inches long, not a problem. If much smaller and caused problems, cut in half with your trowel when you see them....See MoreMulch for failing perennial bed
Comments (21)"... My objection to wood product mulches---besides being ugly and evocative of a fast food restaurant..." LOL Not much to add here - I think everyone has given great advice about mulch and shredded leaves etc . I rarely fertilize plants but am always adding compost and I shred, shred, shred leaves and mulch in fall and spring. Most of my beds started as lasagna beds. But I also agree that one needs to have the right plants for the right spot. Two examples. When I first bought my house my very first garden was a shade bed (well, most of my gardens are shade beds since I have so much shade lol). But it was on the north side of the house. I put it here because it's very visible from my living room windows. So many people - non-gardeners, granted - told me, you can't have a garden THERE. Not enough sun, everything will die, etc. Well, we all know that is hogwash. Second. I had a gardening business and a then-potential customer called me for a consultation. The back of her yard was a swamp. Standing water many months of the year, her lawn guys always leaving ruts in the grass, etc. I once came right out of my muck boot when I went to walk because the boot stuck in the mud up to my ankles and my foot came out of it! There was a small garden in there that wasn't doing great. I told her I could do something, she hired me, and now there is a beautiful garden there. Not tooting my own horn here, but this is just to show how the right plants can work. I just planted all stuff that loves water, moisture, even standing water. Once she had the right plants there, it took off and was lovely, and I've tended her garden for 15 years. So it would indeed help us to help you if we knew your gardening conditions, and what you've already tried. One last thing I just remembered. I once went to a talk by an organic farmer (who was such a great speaker another farmer told her to give up her farm and take her show on the road!). She said how when she first started out, everyone in the business told her to put down leaves. Leaves, leaves, leaves, was what she heard. So she did. And the next year she was like, what, was this a joke? But she did it again. And again the next year. And she said her soil ended up being spectacular and her farm started taking off. So it does take time, and effort, and patience, but those leaves and organic matter do make a difference! :) Dee...See Moremeldy_nva
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