Coconut coir mulch is incredibly beneficial for your garden. However, it also has some downsides. In this article, ...

Mulch can be either organic or inorganic ... Commercial compost is made up of a range of decomposed organic materials such as coconut coir, green waste and wood chip and is usually used for ...

Many folks are now improving new and established gardens with mulch, but be wary of where you get it. It is possible to spread insects like the coconut rhinoceros beetle, sugarcane borer and fire ...

A coconut rhinoceros beetle adult, above, and larva. The larvae of the beetles like to burrow in mulch, compost, rich soil, stumps and dead trees. Select an option below to continue reading this ...

Starr members from the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response Team ... Workers from Starfarms put the mulch into containers and had them trucked away to be fumigated. “Luckily, they seem to be ...

Why? It turns out that bags aren’t much of a barrier to a beetle that can chew through coconut trees. Even if the compost, mulch or soil wasn’t sourced from an infested area, if bagged soil ...

A coconut rhinoceros beetle has been found in ... “We ask everyone to keep an eye out for CRB, especially in their compost and mulch piles which are major breeding grounds of the beetle.” ...

The culprit is the invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle, which has established a decade-long foothold on Oahu and is feeding on trees across the isle and propagating in piles of mulch — from the ...