Mulching, topsoil, and decorative shale services
Serving Altoona, Hollidaysburg, Duncansville, Roaring Spring, Bellwood, Tipton, and Tyrone.
Mulch provides much more than just a beautiful appearance.
When applied correctly, mulch has the following beneficial effects on plants and soil.
- Mulch helps prevent loss of water from the soil by evaporation.
- Mulch reduces the growth of weeds, when the mulch material itself is weed-free and applied deeply enough to prevent weed germination or to smother existing weeds.
- Mulch helps keep the soil cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter, thus maintaining a more even soil temperature.
- Mulch prevents soil splashing, which not only stops erosion but keeps soil-borne diseases from splashing up onto the plants.
- Organic mulch improves the soil structure. As the mulch decays, the material becomes topsoil. Decaying mulch also adds nutrients to the soil.
- Mulch prevents crusting of the soil surface, thus improving the absorption and movement of water into the soil.
- Mulch helps prevent the trunks of trees and shrubs from damage by lawn equipment.
- Mulch adds to the beauty of the landscape by providing a cover of uniform color and interesting texture to the surface.
- Mulched plants have more roots than plants that are not mulched, because mulched plants will produce additional roots in the mulch that surrounds them.
Mulch laid with landscaping cloth provides long lasting, reliable weed control.
Materials woven of fabric, plastic or paper are available in various lengths and widths. The materials are treated to resist decomposition. Unlike plastic films, woven materials allow water and air to move through them. They are very effective in controlling most weeds, although some grasses may grow up through the holes in the fabric. Landscape cloth needs to be fastened down so it will not be pushed up by perennial weeds. Better moisture, temperature and weed control will be obtained by adding several inches of another mulching material on top of the landscape cloth.
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