Quick Picks: Bulldog Highball Recipe - Gin Drinks
 
Sign In Sign Up — It's Free!

How to Use Mulch in Gardening

Viewing videos requires the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Get the latest Flash player.
Showing 1-5

Part of the video series: How to Take Care of Garden Plants

left_arrow right_arrow
Add to My Playlist What is a playlist?

Summary: Learn gardening tips and advice on mulching from a horticulture expert in this free gardening video.

Views: 789 | Tags: gardening, plants, grow, garden, home, diy, ideas, care, backyard, planting

Get the latest Flash player.
Email Video Add to Favorites
About the Expert

Craig Morell Craig Morell is a career Horticulturist in Miami, Florida, and has been involved with tropical plants and horticulture all his life. He has been growing orch... read more

Hide Comments

Conversations About This Video

  • Comments
    (0 comments)
  • Questions & Answers
    (0 questions) (0 answers)
Be the first to comment on this video.
Have a question about this video topic? Ask our community members and let them share their knowledge with you!
Ask A Question

Video Transcript

How to Use Mulch in Gardening

On behalf of Expert Village my name is Craig Morell. I'm with Landscape Restorations in Miami, Florida. We're here at Palm Hammock Orchid Estate in Miami, Florida talking about basic gardening. This video is about mulch. Mulch doesn't always have to be things like cypress or pine bark. Mulch can actually be gravel as well. Mulch is usually used to keep the soil moisture in, to keep the soil temperatures stabilized so that it's not baking hot on the top and cooler on the bottom. Primarily it is used to retard weeds. One of the best mulches to use for the long term is even a good limestone gravel. This is a very easy product to use and apply it three or four inches thick. If you happen to be using an organic mulch such as pine bark or cypress bark or ground up oak, make sure you use a good thick layer, five or six inches, because mulch does decompress and decompose over time. If you are using organic mulches you'll definitely enrich the soil. Even cactus and succulents can use a mulch. But in the case of a cactus or succulent garden, you definitely want to use a well drained gravel mulch. Keeps down the weeds and makes for a good looking garden. It is a lot easier to maintain your garden and a lot easier to enjoy it.

Watch these related videos

Garden & Lawn Ads

Community Members who...

  • Favorited this Video
  • Rated This Video
Read these related articles
See more articles

Top Tags

backyard branch care compost cut diy down felling fertilizer flower flowers fruit garden gardener gardening gardens grass grow growing harvesting home homeMaintenance ideas landscape landscaping lawn maintenance mower mulch mulching organic outdoors pests plant planting plants pruning repair seeds soil techniques tools tree trees trim trunk vegetable vegetables wood yard
Check out what people are watching now
left_arrow right_arrow