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How much mulch?

18 years ago

I really want to deal with as few weeds as possible. How deep should my mulch be? I plan on planting everything close together to eliminate space for weeds. Will this work?

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girlgroupgirl
18 years ago
Planting closer together will work, and put at least 2" of mulch or more on there. Even better, put layers of newspaper down BEFORE you mulch. You can just poke holes through the paper to plant. Smothers those son of a guns!
proudgm_03
Original Author
18 years ago
Thanks. I noticed where I made lasagna beds the weeds are not coming up but where the origial garden was the weeds have already started to grow. I had planned on putting newspapers down and then the mulch but I was unsure on what would be a good amount.
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threas
18 years ago
MY FLOWERBED WAS FULL OF CHICKWEED. IT'S CLEAN NOW. CAN I LAY NEWSPAPER DOWN THEN A MIXTURE OF COMPOST/FINE MULCH? DO I NEED TO POKE HOLE IN NEWSPAPER WHEN I PLANT MY HOS? WON'T THEY GROW DOWN INTO PAPER? I ALSO HAVE SOAKER HOSES WHERE SOME OF THE HOLES ARE BIGGER.WHAT DO YOU THINK IF I PUT HOSES DOWN,THEN PAPER THEN MULCH?

THANKS, THERESA

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