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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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 Posted - Apr 27 2009 : 10:39:03 PM
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Does anyone use Pine Straw/needles for mulching?
I have read with great interest about using clean pine straw for mulching around my plants.
I used some (last summer)around the first 3 small rows of my lavender plants, it seems to work ok, not real great on deterring weeds but it does make a great clean ground cover. I suspect it is probablly ascidic so one might have to be carefull as to what plants they put the pine straw around.
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Apr 28 2009 : 08:17:44 AM
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I see it used here, locally, in the mansion district around my office, Grace. I too suspect it's very acidic, and that's probably why I've chosen not to use it. I don't know for sure, though. As far as asthetics go, I didn't mind the way it looked in the beds.
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Apr 28 2009 : 8:14:56 PM
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thanx Jonni,
I have an endless supply of it just across the road as well at my daughters.
I surfed the net & found that there are actually "farms" for this....
Maybe I will just use it around the Azaleas, Hydrengias & my Lavender.....
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Apr 29 2009 : 05:33:31 AM
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I've used it around my daylilies. They seem to love it. You're right about it being too loose to completely deter weeds, though.
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Apr 29 2009 : 08:29:20 AM
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We farm pine trees and have 80+ acres of pine needles! I use them around newly planted trees. If you keep them fairly moist and layer in new needles as they start to decompose they will actually mulch really well. I also use them in my raised bed garden area to cover the paths between the beds. I do have a weed fabric on the paths too though so I dont have to add the needles so frequently. I prefer the needles to hay because the hay can often seed out.
Farmgirl Sister #17
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Apr 29 2009 : 09:14:07 AM
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oh Julie,
Thank You so very much for the info....I knew there had to be a MJF Sister with information on Pine Straw as mulch.
I think I will take your suggestion about using the weed cloth and do likewise. I bought 4 rolls (on sale) several weeks ago....now to just get some nice gardening weather....
Thanx again.
hugz
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Apr 29 2009 : 6:38:26 PM
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If you do the weedcloth I do recommend that you buy the little stakes to secure it to the ground otherwise it will blow all over at the first stong wind since the needles arent very heavy.
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