MULCHING YOUR GARDEN: WHAT to use and HOW to use it
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 4. 07. 2024
- đ±Introduction 00:00
đ±Benefits of using mulch 00:32
đ±Different types of mulch 02:22
đ±Where to use each type of mulch 06:26
đ±Tips for using mulch 08:02
Mulch is your secret weapon in the garden. I talk about the need to mulch in just about every video; mulching is that important. This video covers the benefits of mulch, what to use for mulch in different areas of your garden, and the best tips for how to use mulch in your garden.
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the first time I have heard a perfect explanation of mulching...thank you
What a wonderful and informative video. Thank you so much. I'm a novice gardener and finally bought some red wood mulch and this helped give me an idea of how and when to use it.
I mix pine needles and leaves chopped up into the lawnmower bagger. The mixture gives you the benefit of not compacting like just leaves do with the airy nature of pine needles. Also, the pine needles stay in place way better than leaves in the wind. Living in Louisiana there's NO shortage of either. Oh, they're free also.
I just learned to do the same thing, it works like a charmđđđ„°đ„°đŻđŻđŻ
A wonderful video as always. Such good practical information and well presented. No music thank goodness. Thank you for this .
Glad it was helpful!
Yeah!!! I was waiting for this Angela đđđ
Thanks for watching!
So funny, I was just adding a layer of woodchips to my tomatoes this morning. I came in after and see that you just posted this!
It's definitely that time of year!
Great video, loved the backdrop of your beautiful garden
I was so impressed with this incredibly outstanding "internet classroom experience" I actually watched this extremely informative video twice. Thank you for going into details of the various ways to use mulch and at what times rather than just glossing over such important points of interest! đ đ đ
I just love your channel! †It definitely helps me cause we're in the same zone!
I'm so glad!
thank you so much for presenting both a succint and organized video. sometimes I forget how much that is lacking on CZcams until I see a video like yours.
I totally agree with every advantage to mulching you mentioned. I use various kinds of mulch throughout my garden, HOWEVER I discovered that my mulch in several of my raised beds became a harbor for earwigs. Earwigs are my biggest problem now. Iâve had to remove the mulch and set traps where Iâve caught hundreds of earwigs. When theyâre gone I will reapply mulch. Appreciate your channel!
Glad you found a good solution for them, hopefully you can get them under control. I battle rollie-pollies in my garden quite a bit.
Another helpful video! Thanks!
So nice to have great local content! Keep up the good work.
Thanks so much!
I love your you tube channel, you explain everything so perfectly and so easy to understand. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing very good information on mulch.
It is a very useful blog and very important information about Mulch.
I preordered the book! I just bought my first brand new house in Tucson, AZ. Ready to get the backyard going! Pretty excited!
Hope you enjoy it!
purr people from tucson are so hot
Wonderful video and I like your style of speech and presentation. Thank you for making this to help us all!
Thank you for the most accurate discussion of mulch. We have hot hot hot summers with no rainfall and winters with slow, steady rain. Mulch does much to mitigate the drying effects of the heat and allows the soil to retain moisture.
Excellent presentation !!
Angela, YOU Are an angel to my garden â€ïžđđ» Thanks a lot!!!
You are so welcome!
Thanks for your amazing discoveries
Great explanation.
Thank you so much.
Thank you a very well.presented video âŠwe live in the Deep South and keeping the soil as cool as possible and protected is an absolute as well the no weed benefitsâŠamazing âŠ.. this 70 year old gardener loves the ease and beauty that shows in the plants and soil with this considerationâŠstay blessed
A brilliant video, thanks so much.
Thanks for this great information!
Very useful. Thank you
Thank you, thank you, I have been watching and loving your youtube videos! I also live in AZ in the Phoenix area and have restarted gardening this last year. Finding you as a low desert gardener is helping with my own gardening!! Quick question relating to the leaf mulch you described... Can you use citrus leaves as mulch? I know that citrus tends to be different. Appreciate your advise!
I would shred them first if you used them, but they should work fine.
This was great. Thank you!
Wonderful, thanks for sharing your experience
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing Angela.
Thanks for watching!
Great content, Angela, very informative, I will use more mulch in my garden beds đđ
Glad it was helpful!
WONDERFUL video! Thank you. I can't keep up with the weeds and we'll try some of these options this year. : )
Thank you, very informative.
GOD BLESS!
Glad it was helpful!
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Very good and detailed video.
Thank you!
Thank you for your sharing.
Thanks for watching
Excellent video!
Thank you very much!
I am pleased to say that I now use mulch in the garden bc of this instructive video! It also promoted me to (finally) visit the AZ Worm Farm for the bagged composted mulch. This is slightly off topic, but I am wondering what your thoughts are for veggie gardening under trees as a way of using natural shade. I am specifically thinking about gardening under Palo Verdes given their diffused/dapppled light...thoughts?
Arizona Worm Farm is the best. Tree roots can be an issue when you garden under trees.
very informative video, thank you for the video :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
thank you
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We live in a slightly wetter climate and have a LOT of slugs.
Isn't mulch a perfect hidingplace for slugs?
Kind of, yes. Sprinkle sand around the base of plant stem on top if mulch. Works well
All great info. Thank you so mulch.......much!
Ha! :)
Thanks again Kitrobbo
Thanks for watching!
Hi Iâm learning about gardening, I live in SC, and I have pine needles and a lots of leaf from threes around our property, so my question is do I need to compost them before I use them? Thank you and I love your channel.
Thanks. If you're using them as mulch you don't have to compost first. Shredding the leaves can be helpful.
I use mulch at the bottom of my pots for self watering and it works like magic...I add a drain hole for extra water right above the mulch line at the bottom
Great tip, thanks!
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Awesome video
Thanks!
I shred with my lawn mower . Leaves and lose straw. Thank you great content
Great tip!
I am a new subscriber and love your videos. I was curious where you got your tin handled scoop that was in your wheelbarrow to distribute your mulch. If you have an affiliate link to Amazon I would love to order one. I have arthritis and think the suzeofvthis would be usable for my hands. Thank you fir an awesome video!
I got mine at an antique store years ago, but here is a link to a similar one on Amazon: amzn.to/3v7DYP9
Does cedar mulch repel pollinators? Thanks for the helpful video.
It is said too, I haven't noticed that it does much.
Great video, as always. Question- do you have any advice on keeping mulch from blowing away ? I live in the CA high desert and we get hit with constant windy days here đš. Itâs been challenging to keep mulch around my veggies.
Use heavier bark type mulch - that may help.
@@GrowingInTheGarden yeah, you can use multiple layers with the heaviest and coarsest layer on top,. and then try to keep it wet.
weight and water, once its rained a few times itll settle down and stiffen
Such great information! Maybe you can use a reusable plastic bins rather that the one-use plastic bags that contribute to the plastic waste problem. (And definitely don't put those bags in your recycling bin. They get caught in the recycling machine. )
Thanks for the tip!
Hi Angela, my question is can I use peat moss as mulch? Thank you đđ»đđ I love watching ur videos it helps me a lot đ„°
I wouldn't use peat moss as mulch.
What will I do with a big bag of peat moss I bought? đŹ can I add it into my compost?
@@emylytle5409 Use it to mix up a batch of soil for your raised beds or containers: growinginthegarden.com/best-soil-for-raised-bed-vegetable-gardening/
Good article... nice lady.
Thank you kindly
Here in Yuma, AZ at the end of May. Would like to grow a few things, Compost is almost complete.
That's great.
@@GrowingInTheGarden Thank you Angela, however, since having grown squash and melons {water} they are now not able to bring the fruit to fruition. we are so looking forward to fall.
Thanks a lot for this video! Can I add dried grass clippings as mulch on top of the containers with strawberries?
Sure.
Isn't that the same as hay anyway?
Hello. Should I mulch a raised garden bed at the time I sow seeds? Or should I wait until the plants start growing?
This question is covered in the video.
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Hi Angela! I bought some bricks of Coconut Fiber and Coir Chunk Blend by Mega Mulch, but my friend said it's not good mulch, that coconut husk has no nutrients, do you agree or is it ok to use in my garden?
I haven't ever used that as mulch, but if you have it you could give it a try. It doesn't have the nutrients of compost but it does add organic matter.
Hi! I am new to your channel but already enjoying the wealth of information you provide! It is hard to find good resources specific to our area so thank you!
I do have one question for youâŠI love the look of wood chips, but do I need to be concerned about termites and scorpions? Thanks in advance!
Thanks. Yes, we definitely have scorpions - but we had them before we had wood chips. Roaches can be an issue too. We got chickens and I'm hoping that helps keep them in check.
I added straw to my garden last year, when the plants were were 6 to 8 inches tall. a week later I had an explosion of potato bugs. within a week all of my melon plants were dead.
Lovely lady. I have garden my sown seed not growing in winter. Tem is 35 . I don't know
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After the summer do we remove the wood chips from the beds, then fill back up with compost, plant then add the wood chips back after the plants a little bigger?
They may break down by the end of summer, but if not, you can pull them back to refill with compost.
Which type of mulch is ph ideal or ph neutral & can get rid of gnats or bad insects that can harm plants?
I mulched my tomatoes and jalapenos with hardwood mulch. I've seen videos that say I shouldn't mulch my cucumbers and squash because it gives squash bugs more area to hide. Is that true?
Great video, question someone told me that if I don't remove the old mulch and just put fresh/new mulch on top of the old one, fungus will start growing. Is this true? Just wondering
The old mulch will begin to break down and fungus plays a part in that process. It's not a bad thing.
We have a palo verde tree - would the 'needles' from that be ok for mulch?
Yes, the best mulch is what you have on hand.
Have you used stinging nettle as mulch yet?
Great info! Just one suggestion: please don't shred leaves as many creatures overwinter in them. They are a valuable habitat for invertebrates; shredding them kills these precious creatures that WE ultimately depend on. The leaves will break down eventually.
its a balance, giving the critters a home and not drowning your plantings
Where do you suggest purchasing bark/wood chips for pathways? We live in Phx area
Highly recommend Arizona Worm Farm
@@GrowingInTheGarden thanks for the reply, appreciate it!
Can you recommend anything bagged that would be readily available at the big box stores like HD or Loweâs? Im in CT & surprisingly there arenât any great sources for bulk mulch or compost.
Iâm interested in that information also !
You can buy straw at tractor supply
Hi - yes there are some great options. I really like the bagged Omni compost if you want to use compost. The Kellogg Gromulch is a good type of composted mulch. The bagged cedar wood chips (smaller size) are a good option for wood chips. Hope that helps.
@@GrowingInTheGarden thank you!!!! I was able to find the bagged cedar mulch at Home Depot.
Hello. Iâm here in Southern Las Vegas and Iâm wondering why you put the mulch over your irrigation and not under it in your raised beds?
I generally put the irrigation lines on top of the mulch, not under.
@@GrowingInTheGarden I have the opposite question as DeeDee - why not put the irrigation under the mulch so it's closer to the roots / doesn't have to work so hard to penetrate? đ€
Doesnât the watering grid on top of the mulch be exposed to the sun and crack faster/ last less/get cooked?
My grids have lasted several years and they are still in great shape, but I'm sure covering them would make them last longer.
After adding mulch in a container, we need move the mulch frequently to check the moisture which is a hassle . Please advise.
Use a moisture meter to poke through the mulch: amzn.to/3o6Bhfx
New to gardening. So you have to put compost down before you put down the mulch?
I top off my beds with compost and then add mulch.
Hi, may I ask if Coco fibre is a good mulch for all kind of plant? And hay too?
It may retain too much moisture to be a good mulch. You could try straw - it does well as mulch.
@@GrowingInTheGarden thanks for replying ^^
What is your opinion on shaved pine animal bedding as mulch?
Could work. Don't mix it into the soil.
How do I remove the mulch before the next sowing season? Should I just mix it with the soil in that raised bed? Do I remove it and compost it? Should I remove it, keep it and spread again?
You can pull it back to plant if you want. I add next year's mulch on top of the old mulch.
Why do you water over the mulch? Would you not save a lot of water watering below the mulch?
Have you talked about coffee grounds? Use or not use?
Absolutely use - I add them to compost. Don't add them directly to the beds unless they have time to compost down a bit before adding plants.
Where can I purchase the grids that you have on your beds?
I order it from Garden in Minutes, here is a link: gim.ositracker.com/140976/10616
Use code Angela10 to save $10 off $100.
Thank you!
Strange to hear about pine needles-- here in Turkey they absolutely kill everything, they are considered very bad for the garden. Interesting!
I'm very new in gardening. So if this year I covered my bed with mulch next year if needed to add soil do I need to remove mulch or not . thanks
If the mulch is mainly broken down, add soil on top. You may want to pull it back before adding soil if it is a thick layer of chunky mulch or straw.
@@GrowingInTheGarden thanks again
Somebody please help. So what about the wild grass that just grow by itself can I use it as mulch after cutting it?
Nice olla
They are the best!
What if I use shredded newspaper on top as a mulch would this be ok ?
The problem with newspaper it it doesn't stay in place. Even if it's shredded you still may need to cover it up with something.
I wouldn't want the ink chemicals in my food.
What about pecan tree wood chips, pecan tree leaves, pecan hulls and shells as a mulch for tomatoes and peppers? Pecan trees have small amounts of juglone and I find it confusing which part of the tree might affect these types of vegetable plants. Does dried versus still green materials have juglone? We have a small pecan orchard and hence plenty of mulching material.
I'm not sure. I could google it... but I don't think thats what you're looking for. Wish I could be of more help.
No problem. I keep researching and experimenting. Enjoyed the video.
I have a giant silver dollar eucalyptus tree that sheds terribly so I was wondering if the leaves and bark can be used as mulch? Is it toxic or if it dries for several days in the sun would it work? I have an abundance.
I'm not sure.
Where do you get straw? I've looked and can't find it. I live in the Phoenix area.
Please see my comment above about the dangers of straw treated with weedkillers. It can backfire badly.
You can check with local farm supply stores.
Feed stores?
farm supply store! or lowes/homedepot
Ok this is embarrassing and slightly unrelated. I have soil that I left in a bag outside because I didn't need it at the time, but I would like to still use it. Unfortunately it got moldy I guess from being outside in the elements and in that plastic bag it came in. Can I still salvage this and use in my garden or compost it? or is it better to just get rid of it?
@@GrowingInTheGarden ?
Mulch does indeed have a lot of potential benefits. But is is not a miracle item that produces nothing but benefits. It also brings a few problems in climates like we have hear in Mississippi. We got about 73 inches of rain last year thus we have an incredibly moist and humid semi-tropical growing environment. Mulch helps preserve moisture in the soil but in a very wet climate it can lead to all sorts of unwanted problems, starting with creating a too moist environment which is attractive to microbial growth. Fungi, mold, and various plant disease organisms can thrive in the moist, organic mulch layer.
Also lots of unwanted bugs, pests, and insects find the mulch layer to be an ideal home. They burrow into the moist and cooler mulch layer to remain out of sight during the heat of the day but come out to feed on the plants at night. So mulch may not be a truly good option for wet climates where there really is no need to preserve soil moisture. Mulch may do more harm than good in those circumstances.
Too often gardeners give gung ho advice on something that works well for them in their particular growing spot without recognizing that hardly anything is universally applicable everywhere for all types of gardening methods or on all types of plants. This is not to say I don't see the merits of mulch. Personally, the mulch that I use which has worked best for me here in my area is straw from stems of the broomsage plants. I just let them grow wild in fallow areas on my land and harvest all I need by hand. The stray is extremely clean and weed and pest free. It costs me nothing whatsoever other than my labor to cut and haul it to my garden. As it rots down, it just adds organic matter to the soil. It seems to be a favorite habitat for slugs but other than that, not many other pests seem to like the broomsage straw.
Nicely done video! Thanks for sharing it.
Interesting. That's good to know - each climate has it's challenges for sure.
Can you use remains from dead heading your plants
I would compost them first to kill any seeds in the flower heads.
Is dish soap good for pest reduction? Which one is best?
If I use dishsoap - Dawn is a good choice. growinginthegarden.com/organic-pest-control-that-really-works/
@@GrowingInTheGarden thank you đ
We say Dawn too, mix it up in a spray bottle. We have a recipe on our website blog.
Can I use bottle tree flowers? Oleander flowers and leaves?
Not sure about bottle tree, but I wouldn't use oleander flowers and leaves.
Oleander is highly poisonous.
Did anybody else notice the aphid infestation on the plant that was hanging out of the bed at 5:55, yikes I've been there
I am not sure mulch is so great idea in a garden with more wet conditions. It could be a very good place for insects to thrive, particularly earwigs. We often have a pretty big problem with them and they love to hide in dark spacer like mulch. Snails also love to hide in mulch.
Leaf mulch can I use it to help the trees that have been neglected ????????
Absolutely!
Remember, the key word is "LESS" weeds. If you live in an area with tons of wind - weed seeds can be grown on the mulch. Be diligent in removing those weeds.