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homedepot has better pricing for MiracleGro soil starting 4/8.
Its a straight $2 per bag. Much better than BOGO of lowes and $ 2.14 'net' price of lowes
Slickdeal mulch posts are always the same - someone complaining about debris in their mulch, washed away color, etc. As discussed in this thread, all mulch is regional, Home Depot and Lowes has suppliers all over the country, for both their store brand and name brand mulches. In some areas you get tree stumps, most areas you get shredded pallets, and most places you get C&D (construction and demolition debris - basically, lumber from demoed buildings). it's a bit of the luck of the draw. Pallet and C&D is better at retaining color, because it is dry; grounds stumps, etc. have higher moisture content and don't hold color as well. C&D stuff is the one that will have the most debris (and potentially toxic material). All dyes are essentially the same - either iron oxide or carbon dye (like newspaper ink). I've gotten good mulch and bad mulch from lowes, HD and my local landscape company. There is no consistency - but check one bag, because there will be consistency within a pallet, as the source will usually be the same.
This mulch is regional, so what you get in MI might not be what you'd get in CA or NY.
Prop65 is basically meaningless[wsj.com]. A "Prop 65" label is attached to just about everything for fear of being sued. So congratulations CA, for passing a great "cry wolf" law that rendered itself moot by virtue of its existence.
so $4-$6 "probably" have MSC certification....conjectures are fun.
The other explanation for silica, AKA silicon oxide, is that it is outdoor product. Silica is what makes up most of your common sand.....thank god for Prop 65 to warn you of that
whatever you say dude. Here's a review from 9 months ago and many more like it...The Tractor Supply deal the other day was way better.
"Unsightly mulch full of large chunks of construction debris, painted household garbage, plywood chunks, etc... Several bags were packed with nothing but recycled and stained construction lumber chunks, particle board and plywood bits. I'm warning all my friends and neighbors about this subpar product that came out of a rendering plant."
whatever you say dude. Here's a review from 9 months ago and many more like it...The Tractor Supply deal the other day was way better.
"Unsightly mulch full of large chunks of construction debris, painted household garbage, plywood chunks, etc... Several bags were packed with nothing but recycled and stained construction lumber chunks, particle board and plywood bits. I'm warning all my friends and neighbors about this subpar product that came out of a rendering plant."
you might want to go back to reading the post on top of page 2. All big box stores source mulch regionally and likely from the same processor that bags it under different labels. So odds are the reviewer would get the same stuff from the TSC deal as well....
whatever you say dude. Here's a review from 9 months ago and many more like it...The Tractor Supply deal the other day was way better.
"Unsightly mulch full of large chunks of construction debris, painted household garbage, plywood chunks, etc... Several bags were packed with nothing but recycled and stained construction lumber chunks, particle board and plywood bits. I'm warning all my friends and neighbors about this subpar product that came out of a rendering plant."
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you might want to go back to reading the post on top of page 2. All big box stores source mulch regionally and likely from the same processor that bags it under different labels. So odds are the reviewer would get the same stuff from the TSC deal as well....
When will people learn:
- this stuff is REGIONAL. They're not making mulch in KS and shipping all over the country, so what you personally get isn't reflective of the mulch sold as a whole
- it's very likely that the mulch is also manufactured at just a handful of plants and put in different bags/labeling - so expecting "name brand" mulch to be better probably isn't a safe assumption
- even bulk mulch which should be hyper-local has the same issues - I've been getting bulk mulch delivered for years and it also has plastic bits, bags, pieces of metal, pieces of sawn wood, etc
Hope this is in NY too. I was waiting for the soil to go on sale. I know its always around this time of the year. That mulch price might even be easier then ordering a huge shipment which tends to be too much.
I got the ad in the mail today in Long Island. All mentioned prices are the same.
Anyone else having problems seeing the weekly ad? Not sure why, but for a while now, every time I click to see the local weekly ads for Lowes, I end up seeing Lowes' "Lighting Guide 2020/2021 Valid Aug 18-Jul 01" instead. No way to see the actual local ads for the week at all.
while I agree, my issue here is that you have no idea what's in the mulch.
If you look at a $4-$6 bag of mulch it probably has an MSC certification and alot of them specifically say no pallets or construction debris. The prop 65 on this bag mentions silica dust. My guess is that's because this mulch does contain construction debris and therefore a small possibility of silica dust.
Do I think you're going to get cancer from silica dust in mulch? absolutely not but it does tell you this probably has construction debris in it.
you do know that sawdust gets prop65'd, right? considering what mulch is made of it will get a prop 65 label.
Anyone else having problems seeing the weekly ad? Not sure why, but for a while now, every time I click to see the local weekly ads for Lowes, I end up seeing Lowes' "Lighting Guide 2020/2021 Valid Aug 18-Jul 01" instead. No way to see the actual local ads for the week at all.
Dangit! Need to get a slickdeal alert next time.
None of my stores seem to post their actual sales flyers online anymore, so I never know when they have good deals unless I visit in store or see it on here,
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Prop65 is basically meaningless [wsj.com]. A "Prop 65" label is attached to just about everything for fear of being sued. So congratulations CA, for passing a great "cry wolf" law that rendered itself moot by virtue of its existence.
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The other explanation for silica, AKA silicon oxide, is that it is outdoor product. Silica is what makes up most of your common sand.....thank god for Prop 65 to warn you of that
"Unsightly mulch full of large chunks of construction debris, painted household garbage, plywood chunks, etc... Several bags were packed with nothing but recycled and stained construction lumber chunks, particle board and plywood bits. I'm warning all my friends and neighbors about this subpar product that came out of a rendering plant."
"Unsightly mulch full of large chunks of construction debris, painted household garbage, plywood chunks, etc... Several bags were packed with nothing but recycled and stained construction lumber chunks, particle board and plywood bits. I'm warning all my friends and neighbors about this subpar product that came out of a rendering plant."
"Unsightly mulch full of large chunks of construction debris, painted household garbage, plywood chunks, etc... Several bags were packed with nothing but recycled and stained construction lumber chunks, particle board and plywood bits. I'm warning all my friends and neighbors about this subpar product that came out of a rendering plant."
When will people learn:
- this stuff is REGIONAL. They're not making mulch in KS and shipping all over the country, so what you personally get isn't reflective of the mulch sold as a whole
- it's very likely that the mulch is also manufactured at just a handful of plants and put in different bags/labeling - so expecting "name brand" mulch to be better probably isn't a safe assumption
- even bulk mulch which should be hyper-local has the same issues - I've been getting bulk mulch delivered for years and it also has plastic bits, bags, pieces of metal, pieces of sawn wood, etc
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If you look at a $4-$6 bag of mulch it probably has an MSC certification and alot of them specifically say no pallets or construction debris. The prop 65 on this bag mentions silica dust. My guess is that's because this mulch does contain construction debris and therefore a small possibility of silica dust.
Do I think you're going to get cancer from silica dust in mulch? absolutely not but it does tell you this probably has construction debris in it.
Dangit! Need to get a slickdeal alert next time.
None of my stores seem to post their actual sales flyers online anymore, so I never know when they have good deals unless I visit in store or see it on here,
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