Mulch

Mulch Wilmington, Kennett Square, Hockessin

 Hardwood Mulch prevents water loss from around plants.  Hardwood mulch makes an excellent back drop to set off your plants and flowers.  Hardwood mulch does compact causing a dry condition under the mulch.  Hardwood mulch can be any mulch containing any kind of hardwood.  Hardwood mulch is also good for erosion control on sloped planting sites.  Hardwood Mulch consists of ground bark and other shavings from trees that are not usable for lumber.  Hardwood mulch is shredded and composted bark from hardwood trees.  Shredded Hardwood Mulch This mulch is good at suppressing weeds.  Because of the density of hardwood mulch, it insulates and protects your plants from extreme temperatures better than most mulches.

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Mulching is one of the most important ways to maintain healthy landscape plants.  Mulches reduce the growth of weeds, when the mulch material itself is weed-free and applied deeply enough to prevent weed germination or to smother existing weeds.  Mulches keep the soil cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter, thus maintaining a more even soil temperature.  Mulches prevent soil splashing, which not only stops erosion but keeps soil-borne diseases from splashing up onto the plants.  Mulches prevent crusting of the soil surface, thus improving the absorption and movement of water into the soil.  Mulches prevent the trunks of trees and shrubs from damage by lawn equipment.  Mulches can add to the beauty of the landscape by providing a cover of uniform color and interesting texture to the surface.  Mulching is a very important practice for establishing new plantings, because it helps to conserve moisture in the root ball of the new plant until the roots have grown out into the surrounding soil.  Mulch can also be used to cover trails, driveways, and play and natural areas.  Mulches are often made simply of ground-up bark, preferably hardwood bark, and preferably oak bark.  Mulch is anything that covers the soil for the purpose of preventing weeds, conserving moisture, or moderating the soil temperature. 

 Mulch Maintenance

– after a month or so, check your mulch for compaction.  Mulch can be applied anytime in perennial beds and around trees and shrubs.  Nature produces large quantities of mulch all the time with fallen leaves, needles, twigs, pieces of bark, spent flower blossoms, fallen fruit and other organic material.  When applied correctly, mulch has the following beneficial effects on plants and soil: Mulches prevent loss of water from the soil by evaporation.  Organic mulches can improve the soil structure.

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