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Hastening decay of downed wood?
In the aftermath of a 4,000 acre fire that spent the last week
scorching through the local mountains http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:/...web_summit.kmz I thought I'd do a bit more thinning out of primarily bay laurel on the back hill. Now I've already cut down quite a few trees over the years and they take their sweet time turning back to the soils and nutrients from which they originated. I figured keeping them wet and close together near the ground would help. Any other helpful suggestions? |
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Hastening decay of downed wood?
"Digital Larry" wrote in message ... In the aftermath of a 4,000 acre fire that spent the last week scorching through the local mountains http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:/...web_summit.kmz I thought I'd do a bit more thinning out of primarily bay laurel on the back hill. Now I've already cut down quite a few trees over the years and they take their sweet time turning back to the soils and nutrients from which they originated. I figured keeping them wet and close together near the ground would help. Any other helpful suggestions? Chip them, the more surface area the faster the microorganisms can work. David |
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Hastening decay of downed wood?
Digital Larry wrote:
In the aftermath of a 4,000 acre fire that spent the last week scorching through the local mountains http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:/...web_summit.kmz I thought I'd do a bit more thinning out of primarily bay laurel on the back hill. Now I've already cut down quite a few trees over the years and they take their sweet time turning back to the soils and nutrients from which they originated. I figured keeping them wet and close together near the ground would help. Any other helpful suggestions? A chipper for a few days. Tom J |
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Hastening decay of downed wood?
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"David Hare-Scott" wrote: "Digital Larry" wrote in message ... In the aftermath of a 4,000 acre fire that spent the last week scorching through the local mountains http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:/...ts/google/2008 _05_27_a_web_summit.kmz I thought I'd do a bit more thinning out of primarily bay laurel on the back hill. Now I've already cut down quite a few trees over the years and they take their sweet time turning back to the soils and nutrients from which they originated. I figured keeping them wet and close together near the ground would help. Any other helpful suggestions? Chip them, the more surface area the faster the microorganisms can work. David Get as much dirt as you can on them. -- Billy Bush Behind Bars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related |
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Hastening decay of downed wood?
I would cut wood in 4' lengths and give the wood soil contact.
Also brush piles are good for wildlife as well. -- Sincerely, John A. Keslick, Jr. Consulting Tree Biologist http://home.ccil.org/~treeman and www.treedictionary.com Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology. Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us that we are not the boss. Some people will buy products they do not understand and not buy books that will give them understanding. "Digital Larry" wrote in message ... In the aftermath of a 4,000 acre fire that spent the last week scorching through the local mountains http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:/...web_summit.kmz I thought I'd do a bit more thinning out of primarily bay laurel on the back hill. Now I've already cut down quite a few trees over the years and they take their sweet time turning back to the soils and nutrients from which they originated. I figured keeping them wet and close together near the ground would help. Any other helpful suggestions? |
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Hastening decay of downed wood?
On May 27, 11:28 pm, Digital Larry wrote:
In the aftermath of a 4,000 acre fire that spent the last week scorching through the local mountains http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:/...v/incidents/go... I thought I'd do a bit more thinning out of primarily bay laurel on the back hill. Now I've already cut down quite a few trees over the years and they take their sweet time turning back to the soils and nutrients from which they originated. I figured keeping them wet and close together near the ground would help. Any other helpful suggestions? Mix with rotten wood chips to inoculate with fungus, maybe? |
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Hastening decay of downed wood?
Father Haskell wrote in
oups.com: On May 27, 11:28 pm, Digital Larry wrote: In the aftermath of a 4,000 acre fire that spent the last week scorching through the local mountains http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:/...fire.ca.gov/in cidents/go... I thought I'd do a bit more thinning out of primarily bay laurel on the back hill. Now I've already cut down quite a few trees over the years and they take their sweet time turning back to the soils and nutrients from which they originated. I figured keeping them wet and close together near the ground would help. Any other helpful suggestions? Mix with rotten wood chips to inoculate with fungus, maybe? or better yet, order some edible fungus plugs & make yourself a nice mushroom garden. lee -- Last night while sitting in my chair I pinged a host that wasn't there It wasn't there again today The host resolved to NSA. |
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Hastening decay of downed wood?
On Wed, 28 May 2008 19:48:03 -0700 (PDT), Father Haskell
wrote: On May 27, 11:28 pm, Digital Larry wrote: In the aftermath of a 4,000 acre fire that spent the last week scorching through the local mountains http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:/...v/incidents/go... I thought I'd do a bit more thinning out of primarily bay laurel on the back hill. Now I've already cut down quite a few trees over the years and they take their sweet time turning back to the soils and nutrients from which they originated. I figured keeping them wet and close together near the ground would help. Any other helpful suggestions? Mix with rotten wood chips to inoculate with fungus, maybe? Breaking material into smaller pieces will certainly help. Termites may find it, although I wouldn't want this within 50 feet of the house. |
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Hastening decay of downed wood?
"Phisherman" wrote in message ... On Wed, 28 May 2008 19:48:03 -0700 (PDT), Father Haskell wrote: On May 27, 11:28 pm, Digital Larry wrote: In the aftermath of a 4,000 acre fire that spent the last week scorching through the local mountains http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:/...v/incidents/go... I thought I'd do a bit more thinning out of primarily bay laurel on the back hill. Now I've already cut down quite a few trees over the years and they take their sweet time turning back to the soils and nutrients from which they originated. I figured keeping them wet and close together near the ground would help. Any other helpful suggestions? Mix with rotten wood chips to inoculate with fungus, maybe? Breaking material into smaller pieces will certainly help. Termites may find it, although I wouldn't want this within 50 feet of the house. Fukuoka recommends burying logs in hole and letting them decay in the soil. Apparently builds high soil fertility. As I mentioned earlier, the most basic method for improving soil is to bury coarse organic matter in deep trenches. One may establish an orchard and plant nursery stock using essentially the same methods as when planting forest trees. Vegetation on the hillside is cut in lateral strips, and the large trunks, branches, and leaves of the felled trees are arranged or buried in trenches running along hill contours, covered with earth, and allowed to decompose naturally rob |
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Hastening decay of downed wood?
"George.com" wrote in message ... "Phisherman" wrote in message ... On Wed, 28 May 2008 19:48:03 -0700 (PDT), Father Haskell wrote: On May 27, 11:28 pm, Digital Larry wrote: In the aftermath of a 4,000 acre fire that spent the last week scorching through the local mountains http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:/...v/incidents/go... I thought I'd do a bit more thinning out of primarily bay laurel on the back hill. Now I've already cut down quite a few trees over the years and they take their sweet time turning back to the soils and nutrients from which they originated. I figured keeping them wet and close together near the ground would help. Any other helpful suggestions? Mix with rotten wood chips to inoculate with fungus, maybe? Breaking material into smaller pieces will certainly help. Termites may find it, although I wouldn't want this within 50 feet of the house. Fukuoka recommends burying logs in hole and letting them decay in the soil. Apparently builds high soil fertility. As I mentioned earlier, the most basic method for improving soil is to bury coarse organic matter in deep trenches. One may establish an orchard and plant nursery stock using essentially the same methods as when planting forest trees. Vegetation on the hillside is cut in lateral strips, and the large trunks, branches, and leaves of the felled trees are arranged or buried in trenches running along hill contours, covered with earth, and allowed to decompose naturally rob Because trees contain so much of a forest's nutrients, burying logs is actually one of the most efficient ways to build soil. Masanobu Fukuoka, a Japanese agronomist and philosopher who's considered one of the founders of permaculture, proved this through extensive experiments in the mid-20th century (see /The One-Straw Revolution/, Rodale Press, 1978). http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/p...ay/027497.html |
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Hastening decay of downed wood?
Well, thanks for all the tips, seems the most practical approach is
just to lay the stuff all out on the ground and chip what I can. My chipper can't really take anything much larger than 2" and some of this stuff, we're talking 18 or 24 inches around. And there is a LOT of it, I'm talking at least a dozen trees 8 inches at the base or more and 40 or 50 feet tall. Also it is on a steep hill and just getting the chipper down to that location might be a one-way trip, you know! But then again what else am I gonna do with it! It's not the most attractive garden ornament. You don't suppose drinking a couple of beers while watching TV would help? Thnx! DL |
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Hastening decay of downed wood?
On May 27, 11:28*pm, Digital Larry wrote:
In the aftermath of a 4,000 acre fire that spent the last week scorching through the local mountains http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:/...v/incidents/go... I thought I'd do a bit more thinning out of primarily bay laurel on the back hill. *Now I've already cut down quite a few trees over the years and they take their sweet time turning back to the soils and nutrients from which they originated. *I figured keeping them wet and close together near the ground would help. *Any other helpful suggestions? get that stuff they sell for making stumps rot. it's in home depot, lowes, etc. you drill a bunch of holes in the wood and pack in the stuff and wet it down for a while. It eats the lignin out of the wood, leaving only the cellulose; the wood becomes spongy and basically turns into cardboard. |
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