• Nominal particle size range 5 to 35mm 
• Naturally acidic 
• Easy to handle 
• Dark brown in colour 
• Long effective service life of 2 years plus 
• Fire resistant characteristics, confirmed by testing in accordance with BS 4790:1987, make Melcourt Spruce OrnamentalTM particularly useful in areas of potential fire risk, e.g. car parks, vehicle fuel filling stations, adjacent to offices and pedestrian walk ways, housing estates etc 
• Processed from natural, sustainably produced mixed conifer bark 
• 100% peat free • Hostile living environment for pests

User Benefits 
• Suppresses weed growth replacing expensive shrub bed hoeing and chemical weed-killing 
• Conserves soil moisture, minimising drought stress and plant death and eliminating the need for excessive plant watering 
• Successfully used for many years on sites throughout the UK and proved to perform extremely well 
• Provides an insulating layer, substantially reducing the effects of ground freezing and over-heating during extreme weather conditions 
• Slowly improves the soil’s organic content, as it decomposes into the soil 
• Easy to lay and install, using simple tools and requiring little subsequent maintenance 
• Allows clean access onto mulched area for plant pruning 

How To Use 
• Ensure the area to be mulched is entirely free from both annual and perennial weeds 
• Lay Melcourt Spruce OrnamentalTM evenly onto freshly cultivated moist soil, after planting has been completed. 
• The mulch should be laid at between 75 to 100mm depths, allowing at least 10-15% for settlement 
• For greatest longevity, do not disturb once applied. 

The following table gives a guide to the area in square metres, covered by one cubic metre, when evenly laid at the given depths: 

Mulch depth required (mm)               50      75      100 
Square metres covered by 1m3        20      13.3   10 

A suitable allowance for settlement should be made, as stated in ‘How to Use’ above. Product settlement percentages are provided for your guidance only. If the product settles more than the minimum figure stated, it is the customer’s responsibility to order sufficient additional material, to give the required finished depth