How to choose the right mulch

Mulching allows you to limit the growth of weeds, reduce watering, protect the soil from erosion and improve its structure. But mulching has its own quirks. You need to make the right choice of material to cover the soil.

For roses choose a compost

Rose bushes are the real gourmets. They need food available throughout the growing season. Remontant roses especially for their development and flowering needs a lot of water and nutrition. Instead to fertilize your roses a fast-acting fertilizer, spread on the ground underneath the compost. It will "feed" them all the time. A layer of compost should be 10 cm. Leave the point of inoculation at the surface of the earth is not closed.

Pine bark – supports acidic soil

Plants loving acidic soil (rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias, heathers...), is uncompromising: they hate " the soil is calcareous, dense, clay. Mulch, preserving the low pH of the soil is appreciated by these plants. Pine bark with its pH of 4.5 is ideal. It lightens the soil and allowing it to decompose, releasing elements (phenols, resins, tannins) that supports a low soil pH. Aesthetically beautiful, durable, it very effective against weeds.

Biodegradable film for hedges

The hedge should grow quickly. Young seedlings can slow down in the development when competition with weeds.

In this case, a very effective method of landing in the slots of the black film. The film should be dense -80 MCS. And biodegradable in 4-5 years.

Finely cut the flowing branches use under the bushes. Peremola in the shredder waste after pruning of shrubs and trees, lay them under the bushes in the garden layer is not more than 5 cm Is the best mulch for shrubs and trees that improve the soil composition due to microorganisms and fungi of wood. A layer of 5 cm is sufficient to help the soil to breathe.

To mulch the soil to the spring when the soil warms up. Do not dispose of old mulch after the winter, rake her path and re-use after warming the soil.