"JimS." wrote in message
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Is it bad to use cedar chips for groundcover on rosebeds? Does the wood
chip leach nitrogen when it's on the ground surface? And, is the
cedar-water runoff bad for roses?

Hello Jim,

if it is bad my roses in the East bed have never said
a word about it...;) As far as I can tell, there would be
very little to be concerned about it. Cedar contributes
to the acidity of the soil and once it has been reduced
to mulch there has to be very little leaching out with
watering that could make any significant difference.

And it keeps the weeding down, and the moisture
in so I guess that is why the divas haven't complained
yet. How is the weather up in Seattle? We still have
more gray than blue, but we are way up there into
the high fifties, and the roses are beginning to wake
up even in the upstairs patio.

Allegra