Viragrow's 2016 Bulk Product Catalog is Here!

Bulk Product Catalog. We have our bulk product catalog now available listing our composts, soil mixes, mulches and amendments available to you. Composts add organic matter to desert soils. Straight 100% compost is hard to find.

Composts are mixed with other ingredients and used to make our soil mixes including our Premium Garden Soil Mix, Tomato Lady Soil Mix, Rejuvinate and our newest Garden Farm Soil Mix developed in cooperation with Brian Vellinga.

Mulches are placed on top of the soil to keep weeds under control, preserve soil moisture, keep soils cooler and prevent blowing and the soil enrichment mulches improve biological activity and add nutrients as they decay.

Soil amendments are used to enhance soil mixes, for propagation, decrease weight, hold fertilizer better, improve soil chemistry, add nutrients and a host of other things. Read and learn about them.

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Bark Scorpions Brought Here on Plants and Mulches Where Bark Scorpions Live

Q. I am hearing that some of the palms and rock are bringing in scorpions. 

A. It is very possible that bark scorpions are being transported here on plants and nursery materials that are coming from desert climates where bark scorpions are common. If plants and nursery materials are coming from places where bark scorpions are not common, then they are probably not going to be a problem. 

This is not true of Viragrow mulches. They are delivered to Las Vegas from parts of southern California which do not have bark scorpions.

          I have heard the same comment made about landscape mulches. Those mulches originating from nondesert areas most likely do not contain scorpions. That doesn’t mean they can’t be infested once they arrive here.

          If you have some concerns about bark scorpions then investigate your landscape in the evening hours with a black light to see if their present. Many common insecticides used to control spiders are very effective in controlling bark scorpions.

          Now is a good time of the year to make a foundation spray around the perimeter of the house to establish a barrier that these critters are less likely to cross. In the next month outdoor critters will be trying to stay warm and looking for food. Your warm house during the cool evening or night is a magnet for drawing all sorts of critters.