![]() When I saw Preen made a mulch with herbicide included, I was so pumped. It won’t kill existing weeds but it does prevent seeds from germinating so it takes a few years for it really to start kicking in. ![]() It saves me hours (perhaps days) of weeding time come spring and summer. Preen is one of my favorite products to apply to my garden/landscape. Preen Mulch with Extended Control Weed Preventer Check out their mulch with weed preventer below. Preen mulch offers a variety of colors and is one of the higher-end mulches available. Gotta give the rubber bag a smack! Up close and personal with the smaller bag of mulch. If you don’t care about that then this is a great product and comes highly recommended on Amazon and Lowes.Īt $6.98 per 0.8 cubic feet bag ($8.73/cu ft) this is way more expensive than regular mulch in the short term but provides savings in about 2 years due to not having to re-mulch. Another “pro” of this mulch is that it won’t attract bugs that can be damaging to existing landscapes.Ī major con to rubber mulch is that it won’t provide the soil enriching properties that organic mulch provides. ![]() Reviews on Lowe’s website vary on the validity of that but somewhere in the 8 to 12 range is a safe bet. ![]() This is great for commercial landscaping, playgrounds or schools that don’t want to have to deal with the mess and hassle of remulching every year.Īccording to NuScape, this product is fade resistant for up to 12 years (with a warranty!). NuScape Rubber Mulch NuggetsĪs the name suggests, NuScape Brown Rubber Mulch Nuggets are shredded or chopped 100% recycled rubber. Is it good for the environment? Probably not. We don’t know, but people who hate mulching every year love it. Inorganic can be rubber, plastic or some other weird thing the scientists have come up with this year.įor the purposes of this article, I’m not going to go over every possible mulch composition but will stick to the heavy hitters found at most of your local Lowe’s.īefore you start mulching, make sure you have a good understanding of exactly how to mulch your garden beds. Organic material usually comes in the form of shredded hardwood of some sort along with some manure, compost blend, and grass clippings. There’s not much better than a freshly mulched landscape in my opinion.Īs mentioned earlier it can be organic or synthetic, though most people tend to go the organic route. Some of the main reasons for applying is to spruce up the landscape, retain soil moisture, maintain and improve soil health and reduce weeds. It can be organic or synthetic matter, both can serve the same and different purposes. In its most basic form, mulch is just anything you spread over the top of soil.
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