Pine Straw offers superior bedding material for your trees and plants!. Pine Straw is a natural product that is high in nitrogen and as pine straw decomposes it makes a great fertilizer for plants and shrubs. Using Pine Straw as mulch adds beauty to your landscape while deterring weeds and grass. Pine straw is naturally insect and rodent free it adheres well to slopes and will not wash away during heavy rain. Pine straw does not have to be removed when old, simply place fresh straw on top of existing straw to revitalize the color and to add bulk.
There are many reasons for using pine straw as a mulch.
Pine Straw enhances the beauty of any landscape by providing a cover of uniform color that is neutral and non-detracting to plants.
Pine straw helps to conserve soil moisture by reducing water evaporation from the soil.
Pine Straw provides natural weed and grass deterrent when the straw is applied deep enough (2-3 inches) to smother unwanted weeds and plants.
Pine straw needles naturally interlock and create a "blanket" effect which keeps wind and rain from washing or blowing away the topsoil.
Pine Straw prevents the soil from hardening so moisture is able to reach the roots of plants.
Pine Straw also insulates the soil as a great early spring gardening technique to warm the soil for early planting.
As pine straw decomposes it basically disintegrates into additional nutrients for your plants or shrubs.
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