My husband is worried about termites.
2006-09-11 08:12:11 · 4 answers · asked by CANDY K 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Coco Mulch is great, it smells good and is great when trying to break down your clay soil. Coco mulch also has a PH of 5.5 which will greatly improve the humus in the soil
2006-09-11 08:17:37 · answer #1 · answered by RuRu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are rubber mulches made from recycled tires which looks amazingly like the real thing and is not effected much by UV radiation so it keeps it's color longer--it doesn't turn gray like wood. The only drawback is it stays there a long time (for years) so if you like adding new mulch every year like you would with a wood mulch you can't. Termites are not drawn to rubber mulch. Nor do different types of decomposition fungi show up as the mulch ages. It is expensive however. But if you added the prices of all the wood mulch you add year after year you'd probably be saving money in the long run. Call some of you local Lawn & Garden centers and ask if they have it.
2006-09-11 09:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by college kid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best thing to use is shredded paper after you put it around your flowers soak it real good with water the next best thing is straw
2006-09-11 08:16:08 · answer #3 · answered by Neil G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then don't use wood-based mulch.
2006-09-11 08:13:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋