A Comprehensive Review of the Effects of Mulching The following is excerpted from “ Impact of Mulches on Landscape Plants
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A Comprehensive Review of the Effects of Mulching The following is excerpted from “Impact of Mulches on Landscape Plants and the Environment—A Review,” by Linda Chalker-Scott (Washington State University, Puyallup Research and Extension Center, 7612 Pioneer Way E., Puyallup, WA 98371), Journal of Environmental Horticulture 25(4), December 2007, 239249, published by the Horticultural Research Institute, 1000 Vermont Ave., N.W., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005. There are nearly 150 references cited in the original article.
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