fiber vs newspaper
No one has still told me about using stone instead of paper. Will the
newspaper work under stone as good as newspaper. I don't like mulch as much as stone becouse you have to had more mulch every year. thank you |
fiber vs newspaper
"Romy Beeck" wrote in message ... No one has still told me about using stone instead of paper. Will the newspaper work under stone as good as newspaper. I don't like mulch as much as stone becouse you have to had more mulch every year. thank you DID I SCREW THAT ONE UP...Let me start again...Will stone work on paper as good as mulch? |
fiber vs newspaper
"Romy Beeck" wrote in message ... "Romy Beeck" wrote in message ... No one has still told me about using stone instead of paper. Will the newspaper work under stone as good as newspaper. I don't like mulch as much as stone becouse you have to had more mulch every year. thank you DID I SCREW THAT ONE UP...Let me start again...Will stone work on paper as good as mulch? Will stones hold the paper down? - yes. Is it as good as mulch? - no. Either way, the paper will tend to supress the development of weeds until it finally breaks down. But newspaper covered with a layer of organic mulch is an excellent way to clear an area of weeds for later planting - you simply just till it all under. Can't do that with stones and when the newspaper does finally break down after a few months, the weeds will be back and they will be harder to remove from the stones than they would from a loose layer of mulch. Adding mulch each season or annually is a GOOD thing, specially if you use a compost - replenishes and continually adds to the organic matter in the soil, helps to conserve soil moisture in summer (something stone does very inefficiently) and is more effective at supressing weeds. Plus, it just looks better, specially when the choice is something like those red lava rocks. pam - gardengal |
fiber vs newspaper
"Romy Beeck" wrote in message ... No one has still told me about using stone instead of paper. Will the newspaper work under stone as good as newspaper. I don't like mulch as much as stone becouse you have to had more mulch every year. thank you The problem isn't the newspaper. It's the rock. Rock is TONS MORE WORK than mulch. If you persist in adding it to your garden beds, it will migrate outside them into the lawn to dull your lawnmower blade and be slung out the chute to break windows and injure people. It will migrate down into the garden bed soil, even with "plastic" under it, which rips and shreds and makes the soil anerobic and undesirable for plants. It will hinder routine maintanence such as raking out leaves and debris, which will always leave a small amount of organic matter behind that you can't get out and which will eventually provide plenty of sustenance for weeds of all kinds to sprout and thrive in it. Weeds will sprout and grow in just plain gravel, especially if it's not well compacted, like a driveway would be. And, anyone whose ever had a gravel driveway knows that weeds will sprout in well, and the drive will need regrading and new gravel as maintainence. ROCK IS NOT LOW MAINTAINENCE! Mulch needs to be replenshed annually, but that's a GOOD thing. It breaks down into nutrients which your plants can use to feed from, and it improves the texture of the soil. Application of even a thick initial layer of mulch followed by a topping of preemergent herbicide in early spring will keep the beds mostly weed free all season. And, if you need to fertilize, it's easy to scratch it in under the plants and not worry about disturbing rocks. If you are one of these people that insists on learning through their own mistakes, then go ahead. You'll be one of the people in the future that is griping about how they can't dig down anywhere in their beds without hitting rocks and asking how to get rid of them. But, smarter people will learn from the mistakes of others and not repeat them for themself. |
fiber vs newspaper
"Romy Beeck" wrote in message ... No one has still told me about using stone instead of paper. Will the newspaper work under stone as good as newspaper. I don't like mulch as much as stone becouse you have to had more mulch every year. thank you The problem isn't the newspaper. It's the rock. Rock is TONS MORE WORK than mulch. If you persist in adding it to your garden beds, it will migrate outside them into the lawn to dull your lawnmower blade and be slung out the chute to break windows and injure people. It will migrate down into the garden bed soil, even with "plastic" under it, which rips and shreds and makes the soil anerobic and undesirable for plants. It will hinder routine maintanence such as raking out leaves and debris, which will always leave a small amount of organic matter behind that you can't get out and which will eventually provide plenty of sustenance for weeds of all kinds to sprout and thrive in it. Weeds will sprout and grow in just plain gravel, especially if it's not well compacted, like a driveway would be. And, anyone whose ever had a gravel driveway knows that weeds will sprout in well, and the drive will need regrading and new gravel as maintainence. ROCK IS NOT LOW MAINTAINENCE! Mulch needs to be replenshed annually, but that's a GOOD thing. It breaks down into nutrients which your plants can use to feed from, and it improves the texture of the soil. Application of even a thick initial layer of mulch followed by a topping of preemergent herbicide in early spring will keep the beds mostly weed free all season. And, if you need to fertilize, it's easy to scratch it in under the plants and not worry about disturbing rocks. If you are one of these people that insists on learning through their own mistakes, then go ahead. You'll be one of the people in the future that is griping about how they can't dig down anywhere in their beds without hitting rocks and asking how to get rid of them. But, smarter people will learn from the mistakes of others and not repeat them for themself. |
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