g'day norman,

i've used lots of chipped tree mulch eucalyptus or not matters not,
use it directly onto the gardens i usualy put it about 6 to 8"s thick
as it breaks down to almost nothing otherwise. you should end up with
a nice dark humus material that the worms will love i topped mine up
each year or when the tree lopper was near by. leave a gap around the
base of plants a bit more of a gap around smaller ones.

i think when it is dug into the ground nitrogen take up occurs as it
decomoses underground but it does give all this back when
decomposition is complete, least wise i have never dug it in always
used it on top and never had any plant suffer from nitrogen loss due
to the decomposing mulch.

go to it

len

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