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Three inches is the standard depth for Cottonwood beds, which works out to about one cubic yard per 100 square feet. Go a half inch deeper on west facing beds that take full afternoon sun.
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Three inches is the standard depth for Cottonwood beds, which works out to about one cubic yard per 100 square feet. Go a half inch deeper on west facing beds that take full afternoon sun.
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Good quality, great price, fast delivery. All online - no submitting forms and waiting for days for quotes.
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Good quality, great price, fast delivery. All online - no submitting forms and waiting for days for quotes.
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For Cottonwood's type of soil, we recommend 2-3 inches for best weed suppression and moisture retention
Try Our CalculatorMeasure each bed separately in feet, length times width, then add the areas together rather than guessing at the whole yard. One cubic yard covers roughly 100 square feet at three inches deep. Round up slightly, since irregular Cottonwood lots with tree wells and slopes always eat a bit more than the flat math suggests.
Most yards in the Cottonwood area sit on type of soil. Cottonwood's clay loam holds nutrients well but drains slowly, so beds can stay soggy after a January storm and then set up like brick by June. That swing is hard on shallow rooted shrubs and perennials.
Hardwood Mulch
Hardwood mulch is the best match for local clay loam because its bottom layer decomposes slowly into the surface, adding organic matter that opens up the tight structure over time. It also knits together enough to stay put on Cottonwood's gentle slopes during winter runoff.
Pair your mulch with a few yards of compost or garden blend worked into the clay loam first, so roots have somewhere loose to grow. Landscape edging and drip line also help keep the mulch where you put it through winter runoff.
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Water your beds thoroughly the day before mulch arrives. Cottonwood clay loam takes a long time to absorb water once it has dried and hardened, and mulch spread over bone dry soil traps that dryness in place for months. Soak deeply, let it drain overnight, then spread. You will start the dry season with a full moisture reservoir under the mulch instead of an empty one.
Pull mulch back into a small doughnut shape around trunks and stems rather than piling it against the bark. Cottonwood's mild wet winters keep buried bark damp for weeks at a stretch, which invites collar rot on young fruit trees and ornamentals. Leave two to three inches of bare ground right at the base and let the mulch ring start outside that.
Run your drip lines on top of the soil and under the mulch, not over it. In Cottonwood's summer heat, emitters left on top of the mulch lose a good share of output to evaporation before the water reaches roots. Tucking the line underneath puts every drop into the clay loam and keeps the tubing shaded so it lasts several more seasons before cracking.
Cottonwood sits in the southern Redding basin where summer stretches long and hot, and beds without mulch bake dry by early July. With only about 24 inches of rain a year, nearly all of it falling between November and March, mulch is the single best tool for holding onto winter moisture through a rainless June, July, and August. The local clay loam also crusts and cracks when exposed to direct sun, which breaks feeder roots near the surface. A steady mulch layer buffers that soil temperature swing and keeps the top few inches workable. In Zone 9a, where plants rarely go fully dormant, that root protection matters nearly year round. Mulch also slows the winter weed flush that follows the first real storms in November and December.
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