When it comes to lawns and landscapes, mulch is critical! It is a significant part of the upkeep of your property.
Mulch is the most “mainstream” or popular service that most people recognize whether they have used it or not. The term mulch is often used in commercials as well!
But what exactly is mulch, and how can it help your landscape?
Mulch means…?
Mulch is a type of application for your lawn and landscape. It can be used on your lawn and your flower beds, garden, and specific outdoor spaces of your property.
Mulch is applied to the soil.
Why?
Mulch is used because it has a wide range of great benefits for your entire landscape! Benefits such as:
- Regulates the temperature of your soil to adjust to the seasons and weather.
- Keeps your soil moist, so it doesn’t dry out.
- Prevents weeds.
- Helps keep minimal foot traffic on your property.
- Works with all types of greenery and comes in multiple types and colors to adapt and compliment any landscape.
Since mulch has all these benefits for your property, you can receive a mulching service year-round. It works with lawns, gardens, flower beds, shrubs, hedges, and trees!
Are there different varieties of mulch?
Many Forms of Mulch
Mulch can be found and sold in multiple options, including type, aroma, and color! Mulch is the shapeshifter of the green industry.
You may ask yourself which mulch is the best for you with so many options?
Regardless of the type of mulch, the benefits will be there. However, particular mulch is more common in certain areas and should be based on the individual needs of your property and what you are looking for.
Some of the most common types of mulch are:
- Bark
- Shells
- Pine Straw
- Cocoa Bean
- Seaweed
- Nut Hulls
- Colored
When you use professionals for your mulching service (which you should!), they can help guide you through the type of mulch they have and what will be most beneficial for you based on your landscape’s needs and wants.
For example, if you are after an incredible smelling landscape, the cocoa bean will provide an excellent aroma for your landscape. If you are looking to bring out the colors in your flower beds this year, then a contrasting dark-colored mulch will help bring out the bright color of your flowers!
Using professionals also guarantee that you are buying good mulch. When you buy mulch just anywhere, there is a high percentage that the mulch you will receive will be bad or even rotted. That is why professionals are the way to go with something this important for your property!
Is applying mulch that difficult?
Applying Mulch on Your Property
The application process for mulch is not extremely difficult.
So why use professionals?
Besides professionals giving you the best quality mulch on the market (and high-quality services), there are many reasons why they should apply your mulch.
With mulch being so pivotal to your landscape, it has many rules and processes that need to be done correctly to receive its benefits, and no harm is done to your landscape.
For example, when you need to lay mulch on your property, you should remove a layer of the old mulch first before applying the new mulch. There are also specific times when more significant amounts of mulch are needed. The fresher the mulch is on your landscape, the healthier your flowers, vegetables, and plant life will be.
Mulch can be used on dried-up soil to help bring it back to life. This will help decrease the chances of soil erosion on your property, lawn disease, and possible runoff from floods.
Overdoing it
When it comes to your landscape, there can be too much mulch!
If you lay mulch in too large of quantity, it can lead to the suffocation and death of your plant life. Mulch is not an application that is the “set it and forget it type.”
After the initial application sets, mulch needs to be applied, watched, and reapplied. Then, finally, it must be applied over time and spread out in specific quantities throughout your entire landscape!
Doing It the Right Way!
Most properties with flower beds or gardens should mulch at least twice a year. There should be a minimum of three inches during each mulch application.
If you want to keep your landscape healthy and rejuvenated and lay new mulch down, an inch or two of mulch should be applied.
When your landscape is in terrible condition, mulch is dependent upon the overall need of your property, and therefore, there is no finite amount of mulch to be applied. Therefore, the situation should be assessed by professionals first!
When should I apply mulch on my property?
Great Timing?
Is there a perfect time to apply mulch?
The best time to add mulch to your landscape depends on your seedlings! You should receive a mulching service when they are at the proper height.
Most landscapes receive a mulching service in the fall and spring seasons, but it is based on your specific property!
When it comes to applying mulch, you do not want to apply it on the stems of your plants because it will burn through them! You will also not want to apply mulch if weeds have already formed on your property!
Other times that are not adequate for mulching are the winter when the ground is frozen or on a windy day when the mulching is being thrown around your landscape.
Let the Pros Handle It!
With all these details on mulching, it can be overwhelming. However, it all goes back to the need for your individual property. No one can assess your situation better than the professionals. Once assessed, they should be the ones that apply your mulch!
The simple fact is that they know all the details of mulching, including what type of mulch will suit your needs and landscape best.
Luckily for you, the professionals are here to help!
If you own commercial or residential property in Elkhart, IA, or anywhere nearby, you can get a mulching service done by the professionals at Busy Lil Beavers! No one works harder!