Re: FW: Pet Alert - Poisonous Mulch

[Guest guest]

I also found that mulch attracts termites to your foundation since it

is moist dead wood pieces. Better small pebbles around plants I think.

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> Attention all canines & felines, please check labels before munching

on mulch, we humans seem to be focused on how it looks on the outside

lawn instead of the inside of you my precious lil house pets & four

legged family members..     CAUTION   

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[Guest guest]

Three years ago, my husband sprayed beneficial bacteria on plants that were

surrounded and inbedded in mulch. The next day a huge orange mound of material

resembling marshmallow covered in some artificial color manifested from the

mulch. There were several smaller ones as well.I

touched it and it was squishy. Within 3 days they were all gone. I've never seen

anything like it since. The lesson I learned was that there is no telling what

lay inside mulch. This could have been some type of fungus.

[Guest guest]

I think beneficial insects is a good way to garden. I bought some that

naturally feed on termites but in the wrong season, put them in the refrig and

forgot about them but heard they are affective if you get the right insect for

the right problem insect.

I used 'milky spore' organism to get rid of mole that was digging up my yard.

It worked. Mole moved to my neighbors lawn. I let him have my left over milky

spore powder. It kills the grubs that the moles are after, so then the mole

leaves.

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> Three years ago, my husband sprayed beneficial bacteria on plants that were

surrounded and inbedded in mulch. The next day a huge orange mound of material

resembling marshmallow covered in some artificial color manifested from the

mulch. There were several smaller ones as well.I

> touched it and it was squishy. Within 3 days they were all gone. I've never

seen anything like it since. The lesson I learned was that there is no telling

what lay inside mulch. This could have been some type of fungus.

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[Guest guest]

This was most likely a slime mold-very interesting " walking " creature that

loves mulch--- In , " jbillybob25 " <jbillybob25@...>

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> Three years ago, my husband sprayed beneficial bacteria on plants that were

surrounded and inbedded in mulch. The next day a huge orange mound of material

resembling marshmallow covered in some artificial color manifested from the

mulch. There were several smaller ones as well.I

> touched it and it was squishy. Within 3 days they were all gone. I've never

seen anything like it since. The lesson I learned was that there is no telling

what lay inside mulch. This could have been some type of fungus.

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