where to buy cedar mulch
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$4.50 or so a bag. There were also piles of mulch in the back. don't know how much or what kind though.
highnote
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great! thanks for the ideas! I stopped at the greenery today and their black cedar mulch was around $8/bag, red cedar mulch was around $7/bag. WHEW!!!! Way too high for me (especially when I need a lot). I will check the forrest tech center tomorrow to compare prices with ridge hardware.
Any other options out there? I really would like to find a place I could buy it by the truckload...
greenery offered a couple of kinds of mulch by the truckload but not cedar (I think they offered pine and hardwood).
Any other options out there? I really would like to find a place I could buy it by the truckload...
greenery offered a couple of kinds of mulch by the truckload but not cedar (I think they offered pine and hardwood).
Loper
Animal Poor!
I just filled out an application for reg mulch from the tech center.. 25 or more bags for delivery at 3.95 a bag.. I'm pretty sure it said the cedar was pick up only but depending on how many bags could get you a delivery. :shrug: I had to turn in my order last week for the tech center. I did see a big truck on St. Andrews (rt 4) with bulk mulch and a number listed. I'm not sure what type it was.
Loper
Animal Poor!
Loper
Animal Poor!
I think both reg and cedar were 3.95 a bag but the lbs per bag were different. I can't remember what the difference was. I know it said 25 bags or more could be delivered for reg, but that the cedar was pick up only... my neighbor is who I ordered from, we razz the kid all the time, and made sure we checked off the student would deliver and stack for us. LOL I'm guessing they would order extra for possible in case ??? I had to turn my form in on the 22nd... :shrug: It would be worth a call tomorrow to see. It is too late for me to go ask my neighbor tonight.
highnote
New Member
ridge hardware was 3.50 a bag for more than 10 bags of red cedar. black cedar was 4.75/bag for more than 10. No additional discount for pallet. All bags 2 cu ft.
tech center was 2cu bags red cedar for 3.95. Orders due by tomorrow. Delivery could be arranged if bought a higher quantity.
tech center was 2cu bags red cedar for 3.95. Orders due by tomorrow. Delivery could be arranged if bought a higher quantity.
JoeRider
Federalist Live Forever
Most of the cedar mulch is fake stuff. Wentworth has some by Norfleet for like 6.50 a bag. Some just dye it red and call it cedar mulch and spray it with cedar oil. Stay away from Cyprus mulch. Not many trees, so don't support the destruction of them.
If you are paying less than $5 a bag, it is probably not true cedar.
Wentworth Nursery :: See What's Happening at Wentworth This Week
http://www.norfleetproducts.com/whyusemulch.html
If you are paying less than $5 a bag, it is probably not true cedar.
Wentworth Nursery :: See What's Happening at Wentworth This Week
http://www.norfleetproducts.com/whyusemulch.html
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JoeRider
Federalist Live Forever
Checkout this site. My guess is if it is under $5 it is not the real stuff.
Landscaping Faux Pas #1: The Mulching of America - The Home Outside - JMMDS Landscape Design Blog — Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio
JoeRider
Federalist Live Forever
Not sure where I got my information. Must have been out of a gardening mag. or the Bay Weekly. The gardening guy in the BW did not recommend mulching period, though.
Bottomline, if they had to add color to it, it is probably crap. The link I sent had this line in it:
This mulch stands out like a sore thumb, and may contain hazardous elements.
Is Dyed Mulch Safe to Use?
The source of most dyed mulch is recycled wood. So far, so good. But the problem is that some of that recycled wood may be CCA-treated wood, which, used as a mulch, can raise the arsenic level in your soil. Although the use of arsenic in making pressure-treated lumber was largely banned after 2002, who's to say part of the source of the dyed mulch you're buying isn't old, leftover CCA-treated wood?
Dyed Mulch Safety | Colored Red Dyed Mulch | Safe
nice website. thanks for sharing. had the wrong price for the greenery mulch: it's 6.50 a bag not 4.50. the bags do say: all natural ingredients but I also wonder where the colors derive. I wouldn't grow edibles in it.