Does this bother anyone else but me?
Mulch volcanos.
They’re everywhere.
Are they really necessary?
This much?
Don’t get me wrong. I am a big fan of mulch.
To me, a flower bed without mulch is like uncombed hair or a badly wrinkled shirt. It’s still my flower bed, it just looks unkept.
But this??
This is equal to having bouffant hair or wearing 5 shirts at once. It just doesn’t look right.
I’ve read time and time again that mulching this much around trees will suffocate the roots and the tree will die. I have driven through this particular neighborhood for fifteen years and every year a tree or two succumbs from something. Is it from the mulching madness of landscapers?
A tree used to live here
I’m asking you, does this look right?
Or this?
Please, if there are any mulchologists in the crowd, enlighten me.
Thank you, thank you very mulch.
Too much mulch is malicious, malodorous, muderous, and mean. Makes trees moody and miserable. How much wood did the woodchuk chuck to make these trees so out of luck? I’m no mulchologist, or mulch of anything else for that matter but I’ve heard the same thing you mentioned and agree that this mulch is too much mulch.
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This maniacal, maddening mess of mulching could surely result in mayhem. 🙂
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I do believe I’ve read somewhere, too much mulch is worse than none.
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Yes! I have this uncontrollable urge to remove it every time I drive by.
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I’m with you on this one – it’s unhealthy for the tree AND it looks stupid…
While we’re at it, can we call for an end to mulch that’s been dyed Traffic-Cone Orange?
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Oh no! I have not seen that yet. Good grief.
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Oh, could we???
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I’m with you… I don’t understand why people do that or why they think it looks good? and it most definitely kills the trees!
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Yes! These landscapers must be in cahoots with tree salesmen because they are replacing trees all the time.
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Oh, yes, the odious mulch volcano. It’s my understanding that you really have to bury the whole root system about a foot deep in mulch to be harmfully overmulching. The real problems with mulch volcanoes are, one (certainly), aesthetic and, two, mulch piled up against the bark invites insects and nibbling rodents.
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That’s what I’ve always heard, too.
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Yes, that drives me CRAZY when innocent young trees are buried alive in mulch (ok, partly buried). My understanding is that the tree has to be planted so that the root flare is showing, otherwise you are ensuring an early death. Also, mulch should NEVER be placed up against the tree itself. Instead, it should be laid in a ring a few inches from the base of the tree.
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My thoughts exactly! It’s so wide spread around the town I work in, it drives me nuts! glad it’s not just me.
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