A wide variety of materials can be used for mulching cultivated plants in the garden and vegetable garden, and bark with sawdust is one of the available options.
If you also decide to resort to this method, the expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh draws your attention to the fact that such a shelter is suitable for plants that prefer acidic soils, for example, blueberries.
The reason is simple: this type of mulch has the ability not only to protect crops from drying out of the soil and from competition with weeds, but also to acidify the substrate.
You can buy both bark and sawdust in a specialized store, however, this idea will cost you a pretty penny, so it is better to visit the nearest sawmill - perhaps you will get what you want for free.
It is also worth warning that such covering material should be used in a rotted form.
If this is difficult and you only have fresh bark and sawdust at your disposal, you can use them in the fall when planting blueberries.
In the spring, to prevent plants from feeling a lack of nitrogen and from developing chlorosis, be sure to mulch with nitrogen fertilizer.
A solution of a glass of ammonium nitrate and 10 liters of water is suitable for this purpose.
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Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
