Pine Wood Chips
I have recently had a tree tradegy in my yard. All of my beautiful
Loblolly pines were infested with the dreaded pine bark beetle and were removed. I now have the largest pile of pine wood chips you can imagine. I intend to spread them across the bare ground and let them decompose over time, but would like to use some as a mulch. I know they will rob the surrounding earth of nitrogen, but what type of plants will this affect and by how much? I will now set to planting at least as many trees as were removed. My back already hurts ;-) Len |
Pine Wood Chips
Actually unless you till them into the soil the amount of nitrogen they
tie up is unimportant. |
Pine Wood Chips
"Lenny" wrote in message
oups.com I have recently had a tree tradegy in my yard. All of my beautiful Loblolly pines were infested with the dreaded pine bark beetle and were removed. I now have the largest pile of pine wood chips you can imagine. I intend to spread them across the bare ground and let them decompose over time, but would like to use some as a mulch. I know they will rob the surrounding earth of nitrogen, but what type of plants will this affect and by how much? I will now set to planting at least as many trees as were removed. My back already hurts ;-) Len I believe they will only use the nitrogen in the top couple of inches. -- Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington USDA Zone 8 Sunset Zone 5 |
Pine Wood Chips
Easily overcome should you see signs of nitrogen deficiency with a bit
of fertilizer. |
Pine Wood Chips
Thanks all! I was literally attacked by a friends mother on the phone
for "killing all my azaleas" by mulching. They all still look great and should be flowering soon ( April ). Len 7A, north of Atlanta |
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