I want the mulch that takes longest to break down. Available a
hardwood, shrubbery, pine, cypress, and cedar.

Which breaks down the slowest?

Or is the shape more important: shredded vs. nuggets? Thanks

I don't know the answer. I do know that termites wont get into cedar unless
they have absolutely nothing else to eat. It also helps keep other bug
pests away (flees for one).

Dwayne

"Way Back Jack" wrote in message
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I want the mulch that takes longest to break down. Available a
hardwood, shrubbery, pine, cypress, and cedar.

Which breaks down the slowest?

Or is the shape more important: shredded vs. nuggets? Thanks

Way Back Jack wrote:
I want the mulch that takes longest to break down. Available a
hardwood, shrubbery, pine, cypress, and cedar.

Which breaks down the slowest?

Or is the shape more important: shredded vs. nuggets? Thanks


Hardwood nuggets the size of children's building blocks will take
decades to break down.

--
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Way Back Jack wrote:
I want the mulch that takes longest to break down. Available a
hardwood, shrubbery, pine, cypress, and cedar.

Which breaks down the slowest?

Or is the shape more important: shredded vs. nuggets? Thanks


Hardwood nuggets the size of children's building blocks will take
decades to break down.

--
Warren H.

shrubbery mulch (leaves and stems etc) and pine mulch will be gone fairly
quickly. Generally the harder/denser the wood the slower it should decay.

rob

Reminds me of note someone passed to me last month that mulch from
trees downed by Katrina might contain Formosan termites. Don't know
how far north these pests can winter.
Frank

"Way Back Jack" wrote in message
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I want the mulch that takes longest to break down. Available a
hardwood, shrubbery, pine, cypress, and cedar.

Which breaks down the slowest?

Or is the shape more important: shredded vs. nuggets? Thanks

That orange colored, chemically treated, ground up pallet material seems to
last forever, except the orange dye usually fades in the sunlight.

Frank wrote:

Reminds me of note someone passed to me last month that mulch from
trees downed by Katrina might contain Formosan termites. Don't know
how far north these pests can winter.
Frank

snopes.com has a good article on the Katrina/Formosan termite deal. They
pretty much say that there's so many wood products traveling around the
country it wouldn't matter. Think of all the shipping pallets that
travel around, used over and over from all parts of the country.

Carl


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That's good to know. Couple of years ago my neighbor had subteranean
termites and they were in mulch on my property 20 feet from my house.
Fortunately his treatment killed the colony but I'm always on the look
out.
Frank

Way Back Jack wrote:
I want the mulch that takes longest to break down. Available a
hardwood, shrubbery, pine, cypress, and cedar.

Which breaks down the slowest?

Cedar

Or is the shape more important: shredded vs. nuggets? Thanks

Shape doesn't matter as much as size.

I use cedar in most of my garden areas. After a few weeks the color
fades to an appealing natural brown wood tone. It's biggest benefit
though is how it keeps bugs away. It works great for that!

Patrick