Pine bark and hardwood mulches make up just two.
Pine fines vs hardwood mulch.
Available in a range of particle sizes from shreds to nuggets this landscape mulch should.
As a byproduct of pine bark mulch large sized mulch pieces the particle size of pine fines should be very small usually no larger than the size of a fingernail and most often used as a soil conditioner rather than your typical mulch.
I use about 75 pine bark mulch in my potting mix.
Pine needles aka pine straw hardwood mulch is alkaline.
Pine needles are acidic.
Mulch vs pine straw.
Hardwood mulch comes in a wide array of varieties and colors from hardwood to pine to cedar to cypress and then from warm red tones to rich browns to the deepest black.
To provide you with a better understanding of the two here is a close look at the different factors and the way the two are similar or different.
It also comes in many sizes from shredded to large nuggets.
Pine bark mulch or pine fines as it is often called is great to use in a potting mix if you can mix something with it to hold some moisture.
Colored wood mulch is often made from recycled wood that can contain objectionable additives including arsenic from pressure treated wood and is not always 100 hardwood pressure treated wood containing arsenic was phased out a decade ago by the epa but old crates and pallets may still be entering the recycling stream.
Recently i made this video so you can see what pine bark mulch looks like.
However they do biodegrade more quickly and therefore need to be replenished more frequently which offsets.
Hardwood mulch decomposes more slowly so it may not require two applications each year.
It is important to note that pine fines mulch may be somewhat misleading.
Mulch performs a key role in an attractive healthy garden or landscape but the array of choices can prove daunting.
Pine nuggets are a favored mulching material that have several advantages over other traditional mulches.
It is long lasting excellent at stopping weed seed from germinating allows water to easily flow through to the soil below and best of all it has excellent air filled porosity which.
Nonetheless this price benefit is noticeable only in the short term.
It is generally a chip with sizes of 15mm plus.
Pine bark mulch helps control weeds and is an attractive alternative to bare soil in yards and gardens.
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Ground cover type mulches with no fines.
Pine needles are less expensive and go further.
You may need to amend soil to counteract this if your plants have a strong preference.
Gardeners use mulch to inhibit weeds and help soil to retain moisture and nutrients.
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