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Cedar tree care
I just bought a house in Round Rock, TX. I have several large Cedar
trees. Should Cedar trees have mulch around them? Someone told me they thought that was bad for Cedars. |
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Cedar tree care
On 12 Apr 2006 18:43:10 -0700, "Joe" wrote:
I just bought a house in Round Rock, TX. I have several large Cedar trees. Should Cedar trees have mulch around them? Someone told me they thought that was bad for Cedars. There are very few plants which don't benefit from mulching. If your trees are mature specimens you probably have quite a bit of mulch from the tree's cycle of shedding. It doesn't lose the foliage, but if you look you will see the natural mulch under them. |
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Cedar tree care
There are no native cedar trees in the central TX area. More likely, they
are junipers. The local TV weather persons, when speaking of pollen count of "cedar", are actually referring to junipers. Irregardless, they don't need are require mulching. They make their own mulch. Their longitudinal root length is as much as five times their height running just below the surface for junipers. These suck most of the available moisture from the soil for other tree species and ground foliage around such. Most grasses/weeds won't tolerate their fallen decaying foliage. Many consider such trees as a weed, instead of an ornamental tree. The juniper has served to break down alot of hill country rocky area into soil. So, it has its advantages in the long term. No, its not native to TX either. But, has taken over most of the hill country. Beware the juniper anywhere near a septic tank. Do the math based on my root length noted above. -- Jonny "Joe" wrote in message ups.com... I just bought a house in Round Rock, TX. I have several large Cedar trees. Should Cedar trees have mulch around them? Someone told me they thought that was bad for Cedars. |
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