A neighbor is having a large pine tree cut today and I need tree mulch
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Gwen Marshall on Jul 24, 2015I wouldn!t take a chance, unless what it has isn!t harmfullHelpful Reply
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Katherine on Jul 24, 2015I had a healthy River Birch removed from my yard last year and used the mulch in one of my flowerbeds. Nothing will grow there now and the existing butterfly bush is clearly on it's last legs. I don't know if the wood was "hot" or if this particular type of tree contains something poisonous to plants, or what. So, I wouldn't take chance. I think you'd be better off buying a dump truck load from a mulch store.Helpful Reply
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Karen on Jul 24, 2015I always heard that pine needles are acidic and will kill the grass/plants. Supposedly, nothing will grow under a pine tree. I would check the internet/garden expert, etc. before I took his pine needles and used them as mulch.Helpful Reply
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Bonny McDaniel on Jul 24, 2015We cut down two large pines but I only used the bark for mulch...the rest of it was piled and composted and I'll use it, eventually on my acid loving plants. Be careful when you compost it and don't have it near any wood buildings or fences as it gets really hot and might catch fire.Helpful Reply
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Fbcmemory Makers on Jul 24, 2015I've always heaard that diseased pines need to be burned because the disease is spread by an insect that could still be in your dead treeHelpful Reply
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Louise on Jul 24, 2015I decided not to use mulch from this tree. And, I asked one of the guys with the company and he also said it probably wouldn't be a good idea.Helpful Reply
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Louise on Aug 29, 2015pinet prees make good firewood for your heater, also the pine cones do 2.Helpful Reply
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Louise on Aug 29, 2015are good 2 start the fire.Helpful Reply
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Katherine on Aug 31, 2015Louise, actually pine trees are a very bad idea for making a fire. Pines contain a lot of sap which will smoke heavily when burned.Helpful Reply
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Mary Law on Jan 08, 2016Pine also messes up your chimney resulting in a fire hazard. Any fresh cut mulch needs to sit a year to let every thing die.Helpful Reply
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Louise on Jan 09, 2016I usually collect them in the summer 2 dry. they r good 2 start a fire.Helpful Reply
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Debbie Meadows Williams on Sep 30, 2016Wow...This went way off subject fast! I don't know if I would use Pine as a mulch more especially one that is diseased. My point about not using pine is that so many bugs LOVE pine of mostly because it is soft. I live in Ga also & another BIG issue is roaches & Water bugs. They love the pine sap. Best is if you see someone cutting down a hardwood tree.Helpful Reply
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Katherine on Oct 03, 2016I've used pink bark mulch for 20 years or so and have gorgeous, black dirt and beautiful flowers as a result. I'm afraid that wood roaches are just a fact of life in the south. As long as any mulch has had time to "cool off" before it's used whether the tree was diseased or not is unimportant.Helpful Reply
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