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Pine straw as mulch
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:04 pm
Anyone use this? Advantages or disadvantages? Thanks.
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Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:08 pm to Janky
quote:
Advantages
cost
nutrients
maybe better with weeds
quote:
disadvantages
fairly ugly if used to something else
This post was edited on 3/17/16 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:08 pm to Janky
Yes I do. No disadvantage
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:08 pm to Janky
I have for the past two years. MUCH cheaper and i think it looks pretty good. It fades much faster than regular mulch, so you may have to touch it up with more in the mid-summer months.
ETA - i'll never use mulch again. Just make sure you get some thats not carrying weeds in it. I always get a few bushels from home depot and put it over last years batch. That way you dont need as much for it to look full.
ETA - i'll never use mulch again. Just make sure you get some thats not carrying weeds in it. I always get a few bushels from home depot and put it over last years batch. That way you dont need as much for it to look full.
This post was edited on 3/17/16 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:13 pm to Janky
quote:
Anyone use this?
Its huge around the Atlanta area.
quote:
Advantages
Its easy to spread
quote:
disadvantages
Usually need to do it more than once a year
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:26 pm to Janky
I just use leaves, they're free and look fine to me. Have a ton of leaves each winter and figured the decomposing process would add nutrients and last time I burned them the freaking fire dept showed up (which is weird since i am outside the city limits and all my neighbors do it...) so now i have free mulch!
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:28 pm to Janky
come to my house you can have all you want
bring a rake
bring a rake
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:36 pm to Janky
That's all my Dad has ever used. I still go rake him up a flatbed trailer full of it every year.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:46 pm to Murtown
Thanks guys.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 2:48 pm to Janky
quote:One, it falls from the trees in my yard, I rake it up and move to the flower beds.
Advantages
Posted on 3/17/16 at 3:12 pm to Janky
I think it looks good and my yard has several 80' pines so all I have to do is rake it up and move it into the beds.
Watch a little bit of the Masters golf play next month. The groundskeepers at Augusta National are artists with pine straw.
Watch a little bit of the Masters golf play next month. The groundskeepers at Augusta National are artists with pine straw.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 3:21 pm to JoePepitone
quote:
I think it looks good and my yard has several 80' pines so all I have to do is rake it up and move it into the beds.
Same here. It usually involves loading it in an old trash can or wheel barrow and moving it around front to the beds. What doesn't get raked up I run over with the mower.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 4:18 pm to Janky
If you have those big red wasp, they love building nest in any portion that has an air space.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 4:30 pm to JoePepitone
quote:
Watch a little bit of the Masters golf play next month.
Mulching with pine needles ensures proper pH soil levels for azaleas and rhododendrons throughout the growing season.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 4:35 pm to weadjust
The groundskeepers at Augusta make contoured pine straw beds in areas that are too shady for the turf grass. I'm trying to use that technique in my yard but can't keep the critters out of it.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 5:39 pm to JoePepitone
Work uses pine straw and it looks good. It does fade. I have been watching and timing the fade. Not bad actually. If done spring and late fall it will look good. Cheap too. This is my future route
When old stuff needs to be replaced. Rake it out and roll over it with the lawn mower. Chop that shite up
When old stuff needs to be replaced. Rake it out and roll over it with the lawn mower. Chop that shite up
This post was edited on 3/17/16 at 5:41 pm
Posted on 3/17/16 at 5:54 pm to Crawdaddy
yeah i think mine looks pretty good until about Oct. Past that point, i dont really care. 
Posted on 3/17/16 at 5:58 pm to Janky
Purchase longleaf pinestraw if you can find it in your area. It lasts longer than slash or loblolly.
Posted on 3/17/16 at 6:14 pm to Daponch
What stores carry it?
Posted on 3/17/16 at 6:44 pm to WPBTiger
Stone want me $13 per roll which is 3 cubic feet. Does that sound right?
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