Pine needles are not always an appropriate mulch. For me to assume
that because I like something makes it the best choice seems silly and
baseless. This really becomes obvious when assessing compost derived
from different sources bilogically. Pinus for the most part are fungal
dominated soils. Pine mulch isn't a very good choice for vegies and
turf. IMHO (and some smarter than I)

BTW Vic how the heck is your garden these days? and you? :)




On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 04:02:17 GMT, animaux wrote:

On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 18:12:29 -0800, Tom Jaszewski opined:

All speculation and falsehoods aside, it makes a fantastic mulch for
Pinus plantings of the same species.

What speculations are you talking about. I think I've seen a few and wondered if they
were the same. I suppose we love pine needle mulch down here because it doesn't compact
like shredded wood in the sun and though delicate, breaks down very slowly. If I HAD to
buy mulch, I'd buy pine straw bales.