Rubber mulch

[mark smyth]

While at a local garden centre today I saw some fine composted bark that I could do with to top dress my beds. That's not bark said the outdoor sales person. It's shredded and chipped tyres. It comes in a range of colours. I acquired a wee sample when no-one was looking

This is a close shot so to give you an idea the 'root' is only a couple of mm wide

[mark smyth]

This is better

[Carol Shaw]

So are you planning on using in Mark?

[David Shaw]

Surely you wouldn't use it as a mulch on the garden!!!! I thought it was intended for childrens play areas. I wouldn't even use it on a path in the garden.

[mark smyth]

I just saw it and decided to show it. Why cant it be used as a mulch?

[Anthony Darby]

Never seen a red tyre Mark! My cousin uses black recycled tyre rubber for their horses training area.

[mark smyth]

  ** It's available in many colours

[David Shaw]

I would have thought that it could leach all sorts of 'nasties' into the soil?

[Anthony Darby]

** It's available in many colours

Not recycled tyres then?

[Maggi Young]

Yes, it is recycled tyres.... never heard of dye ??

[Anthony Darby]

So how do you dye something that is black?

[Paul T]

My concern with that mulch is.... what happens when it gets mixed in with the soil.  You'd never get the lumps of rubber out of your garden again?  Then again, I suppose the same goes for gravel or stone mulch.

[Lesley Cox]

It would be smelly on a hot day.

[Martin Baxendale]

Maybe the narcissus flies would just bounce off it.

[Anthony Darby]

It would be smelly on a hot day.

Must be designed for the British market then?