Mulch Is the Best for Your Lawn
Mulch is the best for your lawn. We know it. You know it. But mulch is only effective when it’s applied properly. Without proper mulch techniques, some issues can occur that aren’t beneficial for your commercial property’s aesthetics or the preservation and growth of your valuable trees, shrubs, and plants. Avoid these mulching mistakes on commercial properties to ensure you get the best of what mulch can provide.
Not Applying Any Mulch
Yes, not applying mulch may not seem like a mulch mistake to some people, but missing out on this easy add-on service that you can use to gain so many benefits on your commercial property. Mulch protects your soil from Mother Nature’s extremes, acting as a buffer.
Too Much Mulch
Typically, mulch is best applied at a depth of 2 to 4 inches. But this also depends on how well a property keeps up with annual mulch, which can impact how much mulch is needed from year to year. But there are always those who think more is better when it comes to mulch.
Excessively Light Mulch
Yes, no mulch is bad and excess mulch is bad, but so is just a sprinkling of mulch. You might think you’re saving money or avoiding mulch volcanoes, but applying less than 2 inches of mulch might just be a waste of time. It won’t properly insulate the soil or prevent weeds, and as it breaks down there will be bare spots. They create mulch volcanoes around their trees, piling mulch up 8 to 12 inches high around trunks.
Forgetting to Prep the Site
There are professional techniques that make mulch work its best and revive your commercial landscape. One such problem is not properly prepping the landscape beds before mulch on your commercial property. First, you want to mix up the old mulch before adding fresh mulch. You also want to pull weeds before mulching to remove them from your landscape beds.
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