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<br />job than the excelsior. The following is a table which rates the <br />mulches with respect to their ability to stop erosion and enhance <br />plant establishment, with 1 being the best and 5 the worst. <br />TABLE 1 <br />THE SUCCESS OF MULCH PRODUCTS <br />AT THE RIENAU #2 MINE <br />(The products are rated 1 to 5 with 1 <br />Erosion Ratinq <br />TESTED <br />being the best) <br />Plant Establishment <br />Ratinq <br />Excelsior 3 3 <br />Hold-gro 4 4 <br />Jacklin organic mulch 5 5 <br />Jute netting 2 1 <br />Straw with Cm wed 1 2 <br />The three better products, excelsior, jute, and straw with <br />Con wed all are relatively equal in their ability to stop erosion and <br />enhance seedling growth and are worth consideration in a recla- <br />mation project. More details on the specifics of each mulch will be <br />given in the section of this report discussing the Northern /fl mulch <br />study. <br />