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  • From: Steve <sdw12986@aol.com>
  • To: NAFEx <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Synthetic tree mulch rings
  • Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:56:22 -0400


I saw them in Sam's Club last year. I saw them in Wal-mart today. They are 2 feet in diameter, have a center hole where the trunk goes and a slit so that it can be fitted around the tree. They look like real mulch but smell like they are made from recycled tires or something. My fruit trees grow in my lawn and these would be low enough to mow over the edges, at the same time keeping the mower well away from the trunk.

Anyone use these? Can anyone think of any problem with using these? For years, I have used a donut of grass clippings as a mulch, but it disappears pretty fast and weed take over again. Ground ivy especially likes to grow over and through the grass clipping mulch.

Steve in the Adirondacks
PS This message will also serve as a test. While I was on vacation, my in-box got so full it started bouncing messages which triggered a suspension of my account here. I think I got it so I am back in business.




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