[pct-l] (no subject)

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

Actually, they call it hydrumulch and it has no seed. They claim it  
also has no trash, too, however, I took a look at it last year and it  
is indeed made of ground up cardboard packaging (barcodes, text and  
colors plainly visible) with an unhealthy dose of torn up plastic  
bags, foil, wrappers and other junk. It saddens me that people feel  
that "something must be done" when there is a fire. The forest knows  
how to grow back all by itself and does not need garbage thrown on it.

Diane

On Oct 8, 2009, at 8:55 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Diane,
>
> The cardboard gook is actually known as hydroseed; germinated grass  
> seeds that take root and grow relatively quickly. I know it's ugly  
> at first but the seeds will take root soon and it will make a  
> tremendous difference as far as erosion is concerned.
>
> Handyrock