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22-11-2010, 12:49 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Charlie Pridham[_2_]
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limits on garden waste as mulch?
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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
I use everything, except plants that die under suspicious circumstances!
I don't put rose shreddings under the roses and I have never known
anything grow from shreddings so I don't worry about that.
Unlike Mike I am too lazy to compost I just put it all straight on the
ground
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