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Old 08-05-2008, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by syanide View Post
Can someone give me a "2 year old's" definition of mulching please? it's just that some people use that term for covering weeds to kill them and some people are using it talk about improving the soil...I'm a little confused...
Chuck it on top of the soil, and with a combination of insects, worms, rain and various other contributing factors it'll work it's way into the soil thus improving it's structure over time.

In the short term it starves weedlings of light - vital to their growth.

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