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I have had some branches from a Blue Gum mulched. I know that its not good
to put this mulch onto the ground too early. Why is this? When can I put it onto the garden and is there any special preparation needed before I put it on the ground. Thank Norman |
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Some people say it draws nitrogen out of the ground as it decomposes. Some
say it puts nitrogen into the ground as it decomposes. I've spoken with people who use the stuff & feel their garden has never looked better. If you can wait pile the mulch into a heap & let it sit for 6 months, if you can't put some sheep poo on your garden beds first. "Norman" wrote in message ... I have had some branches from a Blue Gum mulched. I know that its not good to put this mulch onto the ground too early. Why is this? When can I put it onto the garden and is there any special preparation needed before I put it on the ground. Thank Norman |
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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 snipped -- happy gardening 'it works for me it could work for you,' "in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment http://home.dnet.aunz.com/gardnlen/ |
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"Wanda" writes:
Some people say it draws nitrogen out of the ground as it decomposes. Some say it puts nitrogen into the ground as it decomposes. I've spoken with people who use the stuff & feel their garden has never looked better. If you can wait pile the mulch into a heap & let it sit for 6 months, if you can't put some sheep poo on your garden beds first. It's a surface area thing. Placed on top of the soil it will drag minimal nitrogen from the soil. Dug in and it will suck all the available nitrogen out until it's fully decomposed. Urinating on sawdust is a good way to make soil. -- Take my first and surname to email me and replace the abuse. |
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Norman
The first organisms to show up are those that attack the defenseless contents of the parenchyma cells. In short, fresh chips attracts undesirables that can and do do nasty things to trees above and below ground Sincerely, John A. Keslick, Jr. Tree Biologist http://www.chesco.com/~treeman Beware of so-called TREE EXPERTS who do not understand TREE BIOLOGY! "Norman" wrote in message ... I have had some branches from a Blue Gum mulched. I know that its not good to put this mulch onto the ground too early. Why is this? When can I put it onto the garden and is there any special preparation needed before I put it on the ground. Thank Norman |
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