Comments on: Mulches for Okanagan Xeriscaping https://okanaganxeriscape.org/mulches-okanagan-xeriscaping/ Gardening with Nature Thu, 12 Dec 2024 02:12:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mark Godlewski https://okanaganxeriscape.org/mulches-okanagan-xeriscaping/#comment-18856 Sun, 26 May 2024 18:37:13 +0000 https://okanaganxeriscape.org/?p=30766#comment-18856 In reply to Susan.

There is a blog entry on this subject https://okanaganxeriscape.org/mulch-flammability/ and it states that composted mulches like Nature’s Gold are in fact firesmart.

]]> By: Susan https://okanaganxeriscape.org/mulches-okanagan-xeriscaping/#comment-18851 Sun, 26 May 2024 17:05:23 +0000 https://okanaganxeriscape.org/?p=30766#comment-18851 I would like to see an article on how to mulch in a firesmart way that is also good for the plants. I currently use Nature’s gold regular mulch but I am told it is not firesmart?

]]> By: Mark Godlewski https://okanaganxeriscape.org/mulches-okanagan-xeriscaping/#comment-37 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 06:17:49 +0000 https://okanaganxeriscape.org/?p=30766#comment-37 In reply to Amanda Price.

Interesting that you mention the heat coming off the biosolid waste. I have been told that you need to be careful, in summer, to spray the mulch with water soon after is laid down otherwise you risk burning the lower leaves on plants just like with fertilizer.

]]> By: Amanda Price https://okanaganxeriscape.org/mulches-okanagan-xeriscaping/#comment-36 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 04:12:17 +0000 https://okanaganxeriscape.org/?p=30766#comment-36 Great summary, Mark! I use Nature’s Gold and Ogogrow as a mulch in my own garden and it makes the plantings really pop. I was lucky enough to tour the Regional Compost Facility in 2017 and see how the biosolids are processed. It was late November (so quite cold out) and I couldn’t believe the heat coming off of it!

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