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Old 21-11-2010, 03:15 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Emery Davis[_3_] Emery Davis[_3_] is offline
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Default limits on garden waste as mulch?

On 11/21/2010 01:58 PM, Janet wrote:
So, what garden waste would be unsafe to use ground up as mulch
around trees and shrubs?

Living in a phytophthora-affected area I wouldn't use shreddings from
any host species.


That sounds reasonable.

The other day I shredded a lot of bramble and didn't mulch with it on
the theory it might grow from tips.

I suppose my line will be drawn at anything that might carry a pathogen
or will regrow.

-E