This is not a new product, it's been around for 20+ years. It's original use
was for playgrounds. Instead of the blacktop or concrete for the kiddies to
hurl themselves onto from the play equipment they put this stuff down so
they would bounce a bit and not bleed quite so profusely. It was also
supposed to have gone down on paths and walk ways, easier on the shoes and
body than gravel, mud, etc. Horse arenas were also another target customer.
This is the first I have heard of it for sometime. It sort of disappeared
from public as far as I can tell. Perhaps it was a bust for it's former
uses and now they are touting this material as garden mulch and somebody has
a warehouse full of this stuff and they are trying to get rid of
it........... AGAIN.

Val

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Maybe I don't get out much, but a few days ago I was browsing the garden
department at Lowe's and found some bags of rubber mulch. It was quite
expensive - around $10 for 2 cubic feet, as I recall. I found the idea
sort
of disturbing. I didn't bother to look at the bag, but I assume that the
mulch is made from old tires. The label touted the fact that you would
only
have to use this product once, unlike conventional mulch that has to be
applied every year or two. Someone use that pine nugget mulch on some of
the beds at my house and it never seems to disappear no matter how hard I
try to rid myself of it. I can't even imagine using rubber. What happens
when you need to plant something? It seems you would have to carefully
remove it if you wanted to improve the soil. Oh well, I guess it probably
isn't any worse than the red volcanic rock than the people up the street
use
around their shrubs - or is it?