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Black Forest 1.5 -cu ft Black Hardwood Mulch

Ratings & Reviews for Pro Line Black Forest 1.5 -cu ft Black Hardwood Mulch

4.3
179
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 4.3 out of 5
179 Reviews


76% Recommend this product

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What Customers Are Saying

Customers overwhelmingly praise this mulch for its fine, triple-shredded texture, natural black appearance, and soil-enriching properties. Many highlight how it spreads easily, enhances flower colors, retains moisture, and breaks down into nutrient-rich soil over time. However, a growing number report recent quality decline, receiving bags filled with large wood chunks, rocks, and dirt instead of fine mulch. Despite these inconsistencies, most customers remain loyal, valuing its premium feel and long-term garden benefits.

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179 Customer Reviews

Really helps your soil

Triple shredded!

August 3, 2025
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It’s not worth the higher price.

Would Not Recommend

I like the fact that it’s finely shredded & I like the color in the beginning but it loses its color within a day or two. I don’t like that it’s usually wet & the bags are super dirty. Also, there is never any workers to help get it in my car. It’s getting too expensive to deal with all of these issues. Am looking for a better produst.

June 16, 2025
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Great natural fine grind mulch

Would Recommend

Like that product is natural, no dyes, and finely ground.

June 16, 2025
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So dark I couldn't see the forest for the trees

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Great mulch.. spreads like warm butter

June 13, 2025
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Spreads well

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Used it for years. Covers well

June 4, 2025
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Very dependable quality.

Would Recommend

I have been using this mulch for 25 years.

May 29, 2025
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Good mulch, but some bags were wet inside

Would Recommend

The price is fair and it's a nice, fine mulch with no artificial coloring. Usually it's easy to spread, but this time, most of the bags I picked up were very wet inside, so not only were they very heavy to lug around, the mulch was hard to dump and spread. Once I dumped some onto the beds and the sun hit it for a while, the clumps fell apart easily and it was easy to even out from there. Because not all the bags were that way, I'm guessing the bags absorb moisture in the rain, so maybe Lowes nee...

May 27, 2025
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Great mulch, finely shredded and covers well

Would Recommend

This is my favorite mulch! It is a finely shredded mulch that covers uniformly and has few large chunks. It retains moisture for flowers well while keeping weeds to a minimum. I will go out of my way to find this mulch every Spring.

May 27, 2025
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This is the BEST mulch. Breaks down to soil.

Only use this lind

May 16, 2025
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Mulch with lumber chunks

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Beware of large chunks of lumber in the mulch. About of a third of the bags I bought had what looked like pieces of wood from dimensional lumber. Theres also a warning on the bag to keep the mulch away from plant stems. I think most people who use mulch use it around plants. Also, the website listed on the bag does not take you to an active website.

May 9, 2025
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Product no longer fine texture.

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Product has substantially changed from previous seasons. It is no longer fine texture as it now contains large pieces of wood and branches. It is material change of the product and fine texture should be removed from label. It used to be a match to the high quality mulch that landscapers used.

May 8, 2025
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