straw

Posted by Janet Tweedy on October 23, 2011, 2:07 pm

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I see Hort. Weekly is advertising Strulch a straw mulch, Seems expensive
at 6pounds a bag though it does give 150 litres of the stuff per bag.
Wondered if anyone else has used it?
With peat getting scarcer to buy would this condition the soil enough or
just form a barrier on top to stop weeds?

Janet
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Posted by Dave Hill on October 23, 2011, 3:09 pm

Have you looked at their web site?
http://www.strulch.co.uk/
http://www.strulch.co.uk/buy_mulch/
and if you are realy flushed with cash
http://www.harrodhorticultural.com/HarrodSite/pages/product/product.asp?pro=
d=GFE-340&AffiliateCode=Strulch&cookie%5Ftest=1

Posted by Janet Tweedy on October 23, 2011, 5:42 pm

In article

Yes saw the site David, wondered if anyone else had used the mulch.

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Posted by kay on October 23, 2011, 10:53 pm

Janet Tweedy;940059 Wrote:

You are using peat as a mulch?

What advantage does it have over, say, garden compost?

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kay

Posted by Janet Tweedy on October 24, 2011, 6:56 am

No Kay, I have been using (on special plants), peat based compost. i
really don't like the non peat based ones and they are really expensive
as a feeding mulch.

I know several people who use bark which is good but doesn't degrade so
although that sounds good it means you can't put compost on top unless
to scrape back the bark, and it does seem to need topping up as it gets
blown around and the birds pull it out of the beds.
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