It also helps to know if your area has oak wilt and where I live, the
closest it's been found is several miles away. I use the mulch, which
has been composted and boiling hot on beds which are nowhere near live
oaks. I also have a bur oak. The pathogen does not spread from smoke
of infected wood.

On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:50:13 GMT, "Cliff" wrote:

Check out

http://www.texasoakwilt.org/index.html


"Bob" wrote in message
...
Perhaps I am being over cautious, but I won't get compost made at landfill
sites from wood products, nor much either.

The reason is concern about Oak Wilt. Who knows anything about the tree
limbs brought into a landfill? Some may be from diseased trees. I have
read that even burning wood from diseased trees can spread the disease
through the smoke. If this is true and I don't know if it is, then
composting diseased wood isn't going to kill the disease if burning
doesn't.
With mulch being raw wood, I think, there is the same concern.

Am I being overly cautious?

Bob