g'day barnesy,

when i was in the burbs i bought it all the time i found it was great
stuff to use, never noticed that it attracted termites, but then your
garden beds should not be close up around the house anyway for that
very reason.

never experienced any nitrogen take up problem i have heard of the
theory but i think it is only when the material is dug in that it may
take up nitrogen as it breaks down but once it is broken down i have
been told all that nitrogen is given back, and being green chipped
material it is bound to contain nitrogen as well. any which way it all
turned itno this nice dark humus material that the worms loved.

so you only realy end up with the thin layer of chips on top in the
end i found i needed to add to it each year as it broke down i layed
it around 6 to 8"s deep, and always left a gap around the base of all
the trees etc.,. but natives and tropical alike all thrived on it.

len

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