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Re: Winter Protection Methods (Pics)
Message from Jim Wilmington DE 7a
I've used it for 8 winters and have lost just one palm covered with it (a Palmetto) over that time. I believe it's better than regular mulch in a number of important ways: It's not much of an incubator for fungi; water flows through it instead of waterlogging it, and so on.