I have a Bay Willow tree that is dropping catkins all throughout my garden by the thousands. Should I be picking them out of the dirt or do they make good mulch?

Thanks in advance

coykiesaol wrote:
Hi all!
I was saving some grass clippings for mulch and discovered this
morning that they were very wet and moldy. (yes, lesson learned) I am
assuming that it is NOT a good idea to use moldy grass clippings for
mulch, right?


Why? If you put it on dry as soon as it gets wet it will go mouldy.

Also, do I put a nice thick layer of grass clipping mulch around my
red onion plants? wasn't sure about this.

Thanks!!

I mulch everything in sight

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coykiesaol said

Hi all!
I was saving some grass clippings for mulch and discovered this morning
that they were very wet and moldy. (yes, lesson learned) I am assuming
that it is NOT a good idea to use moldy grass clippings for mulch,
right?

Start a compost pile. Google around for the ratio of greens/browns as
poster had already alluded to. I compost all my leaves, kitchen scraps
(veggies), garden trimmings etc. It's simply amazing how little work it
is, how much the mass is reduced, and what comes out... simply sweet.
Turn in into the soil next spring and you'll have loam people die for.

Your prob is going to be browns.... maybe add the shreadings from your
paper shredder?

On Jun 8, 3:34*am, coykiesaol
wrote:
Hi all!
I was saving some grass clippings for mulch and discovered this morning
that they were very wet and moldy. (yes, lesson learned) I am assuming
that it is NOT a good idea to use moldy grass clippings for mulch,
right?

Also, do I put a nice thick layer of grass clipping mulch around my red
onion plants? wasn't sure about this.

Thanks!!

--
coykiesao

Spread thinly between plants as soon as you finish mowing; the
clippings will dry quickly and won't get moldy this way. If you put a
thick layer down it will mat down so much that water can't get
through. You can add a thin layer each week when you mow.