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New mown grass for mulch
I've googled, and the consensus seems to be that it's OK to use new mown
grass clippings to mulch beds. To add to the "wisdom" of the Net, does anyone here have practical experience of doing this? The situation is a new-made perennials border, where the soil is made up of double-dug clayey soil that had been under turf, mixed in with a certain amount of soil conditioner, and old rotted down turf (i.e. dry granular soil). The bed seems to want "body", at present, and dries out too readily imho in the wind (and rare sun). Cheers John |
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Another John wrote: I've googled, and the consensus seems to be that it's OK to use new mown grass clippings to mulch beds. To add to the "wisdom" of the Net, does anyone here have practical experience of doing this? A little. It is certainly OK, but do spread them thinly, as thickish layers turn into silage. It didn't find it was terribly effective, so I compost mine now. My soil is sandy, so not quite the same. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Another John" wrote in message ]... I've googled, and the consensus seems to be that it's OK to use new mown grass clippings to mulch beds. To add to the "wisdom" of the Net, does anyone here have practical experience of doing this? The situation is a new-made perennials border, where the soil is made up of double-dug clayey soil that had been under turf, mixed in with a certain amount of soil conditioner, and old rotted down turf (i.e. dry granular soil). The bed seems to want "body", at present, and dries out too readily imho in the wind (and rare sun). Cheers John Been doing it for close to 30 years, aim for about 1" depth -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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New mown grass for mulch
All: fab -- thanks a lot for the positive encouragement!
John |
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New mown grass for mulch
Good morning from Normandy, heavy soil, former pastures.
On Fri, 05 Jun 2015 16:38:35 +0100, Another John wrote: I've googled, and the consensus seems to be that it's OK to use new mown grass clippings to mulch beds. I am using cut grass on most beds. Not on all, as the experience shows that you must adapt the technique each time to the kind of culture and other influences. So, thick layers of cut lawn between our lines of barley, rather thick layers around our cabbages and Chard, a little mulching around the Mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum). The carrots are still too low to be mulched, but they will get a good layer, as will the leek. I accept it that thick layers of cut grass can rot underneath, if the vegetables don't mind, eather. No mulching whatsoever for strawberries and lettuce, as it attracts the voles. They appear to be less annoying on the other beds or my associations were actually intelligent enough to discourage them. Inside the greenhouse, however, tomatos, melons AND salads are mulched. I have not yet any voles, there. No mulching (for the time) for the potatos, onions or garlick. They do probably not need it anyway. Cheerio, Michael -- Location: Lower Normandy (Orne), France GnuPG/OpenPGP 4096R/3216CF02 2013-11-15 [expires: 2015-11-15] sub 4096R/2751C550 2013-11-15 [expires: 2015-11-15] [Next key will use elliptic-curve algorithm! :-) Get GnuPG!!] |
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