I had a problem with wood chips against the house (artillery fungus),so now
I am trying cocoa shells for mulch,has anybody have an opinion on coca bean
shells as mulch.Thanks

lots and lots of fungus. rather useless as mulch. smells nice tho. Ingrid

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I had a problem with wood chips against the house (artillery fungus),so now
I am trying cocoa shells for mulch,has anybody have an opinion on coca bean
shells as mulch.Thanks




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Tony Pacc wrote:
I had a problem with wood chips against the house (artillery fungus),so now
I am trying cocoa shells for mulch,has anybody have an opinion on coca bean
shells as mulch.Thanks



If you have a fungus problem with wood chips you are likely going to
have the same type of problem with cocoa shells.

I had a neighbor that used them. The shells had a very nice smell when
they first put them down but after a rainy spring the smelled like baby
vomit.

There are many other mulches you can use. Stop by your local garden
center and see what they recommend for you area.
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Bill R wrote in
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Tony Pacc wrote:
I had a problem with wood chips against the house
(artillery fungus),so now I am trying cocoa shells for
mulch,has anybody have an opinion on coca bean shells as
mulch.Thanks



If you have a fungus problem with wood chips you are likely
going to have the same type of problem with cocoa shells.

they are also deadly to dogs.
lee

you gotta have dogs willing to eat a whole lot of it. none of my 6 dogs ever showed
any interest in eating any. Ingrid


enigma wrote:

Bill R wrote in
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Tony Pacc wrote:
I had a problem with wood chips against the house
(artillery fungus),so now I am trying cocoa shells for
mulch,has anybody have an opinion on coca bean shells as
mulch.Thanks



If you have a fungus problem with wood chips you are likely
going to have the same type of problem with cocoa shells.

they are also deadly to dogs.
lee



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you gotta have dogs willing to eat a whole lot of it. none
of my 6 dogs ever showed any interest in eating any.

acually, it doesn't take much, especially with a small dog. i
guess some dogs really go for chocolate, but none of mine ever
have either.
another thing to watch out for with dogs is grapes & raisins.
they cause kidney failure. my BIL lost a dog to raisins last
fall. the 4 year old dropped her box (snack size) of raisins
as they were going out. when they got home, the dog was near
dead. the vet couldn't save it. it was a Rottie cross, so not
a small dog.
lee
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my dogs are crazy for chocolate. of course most chocolate bars have very little
chocolate in them. still, none of my dogs have showed any interest in cocoa bean
mulch. stuff is pretty useless anyway, not worth the expense.
my dogs eat grapes and raisins all the time, in fact we had one springer-lab mix used
to eat all the ripe grapes right off the vine up as high as he could reach. never
had a problem with them. and there is documentation of foxes and wolves eating
pounds of grapes when they can get em. turns out canines have a sweet tooth. again,
doesnt hurt the foxes and wolves.
in the case of chocolate they have identified the compound that is toxic, in the case
of grapes they cannot find anything toxic, so it appears to be anecdotal, isolated
and/or allergic type reaction of individual dogs. every year it seems there is
something "new" that is deadly to dogs or cats. the latest is xylitol as in gum
containing this artificial sweetener.
YMMV. Ingrid

enigma wrote:

wrote in
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you gotta have dogs willing to eat a whole lot of it. none
of my 6 dogs ever showed any interest in eating any.

acually, it doesn't take much, especially with a small dog. i
guess some dogs really go for chocolate, but none of mine ever
have either.
another thing to watch out for with dogs is grapes & raisins.
they cause kidney failure. my BIL lost a dog to raisins last
fall. the 4 year old dropped her box (snack size) of raisins
as they were going out. when they got home, the dog was near
dead. the vet couldn't save it. it was a Rottie cross, so not
a small dog.
lee



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"Tony Pacc" wrote in message
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I had a problem with wood chips against the house (artillery fungus),so
now
I am trying cocoa shells for mulch,has anybody have an opinion on coca
bean
shells as mulch.Thanks

My experience is that if you put them on too thick, they mold

Tony Pacc said:

I had a problem with wood chips against the house (artillery fungus),so
now I am trying cocoa shells for mulch, has anybody have an opinion on
coca bean shells as mulch.Thanks

I use cocoa shells, but almost always mixed with shredded leaves.

When used alone they tend to clump and mold when put down in anything
more than a very thin layer.

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Rebecca on the garden show "Rebecca's Garden" uses it for the smell and as a
slug deteriorate. I do not have any personal experience with it.
Elaine
"Tony Pacc" wrote in message
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I had a problem with wood chips against the house (artillery fungus),so now
I am trying cocoa shells for mulch,has anybody have an opinion on coca
bean
shells as mulch.Thanks