Pam - gardengal wrote:
"Travis" wrote in message
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escape wrote:
If you want to get technical, fungal based mulch is best for trees
and shrubs and bacterial based mulch is best for perennials.


What the hell is fungal based mulch?
What the hell is bacterial based mulch?

These terms are typically used in reference to compost specifically
but can be extrapolated to include other organic mulches as well.
Compost that is high in greens or animal manures tend to be more
highly populated with beneficial bacterial organisms than those
with higher woody content, which tend to be more fungal populated
in nature. Therefore, finished compost or composted manures tend to
be better for perennials, annuals and vegetable crops and woody
mulches (bark, pine straw, wood chips) tend to be better for trees
and shrubs.

pam - gardengal

Thanks Pam. I always learn something from you.

I just mulched most of my backyard with free wood chips from a tree
service. First I killed the grass (not lawn) with RoundUp and then
applied the chips. My intent is to have the water (rain and
supplemental) go mostly to my bamboo's, trees and shrubs and not the
grass. For the most part the chips are 3 inches deep. I hope for more
chips so I can cover the whole yard.

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8b
Sunset Zone 5

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8b
Sunset Zone 5