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conifer pine mulch update
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Mulching - http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/M/mulch.html Two good articles written by Dr. Shigo with respect to mulch. Improper Fertilization (See A Touch of Chemistry) http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/shigo/CHEM.html Troubles in the Rhizosphere http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/shigo/RHIZO.html Sincerely, John A. Keslick, Jr. Consulting Tree Biologist www.treedictionary.com and http://home.ccil.org/~treeman Watch out for so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology. Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, tornado's, volcanic eruptions and other abiotic forces keep reminding humans that they are not the boss. "YMC" wrote in message u... Hi, Its been over 6 months since i posted about my pine mulch problem so I thought I'd share whats happened since I used the mulch. Backdrop: I have a dozen conifer pine trees - had them pruned back and mulched the residue. There was a fair bit of the mulch and I couldn't just store it in one location in my garden. The amount could be roughly about 10 - 20 large compost bins full. And i only have 2. So what I did was I stored what I could in my 2 bins. Stored what I could in the backyard. Then I spread it around in my garden as best as I could. The mulch seem to turn into something more useful if its placed into open piles and turned around every month or so. The ones in the compost bin looked like they turned kind of sour like - probably due to a lack of water. I travel a fair bit sometimes and don't get enough time to do necessary stuff in the garden. So I emptied it out - and after a very short while - it smelt better - that humus pleasant earthly kind of smell. The other stuff which I spread around the garden also seemed to turn up quite nicely too. No plants died but I was careful not to spread it too thickly. In the areas where i did spread it thickly, the yellow daisy marguirites loved it. The earthworms thrived!! Now comes the second stage - where I have to take the pine mulch in the storage areas to the rest of the garden. Great time to do it too - as I'm getting a fair bit of weeds/ grass runners in the flower beds. ymc "YMC" wrote in message news:... "Luke" blah@blah wrote in message ... I think it's more a case where the pine mulch will make the soil more acidic, whereas a rose prefers a fairly neutral soil around PH 6.5. Probably composting it is the better idea as I hate seeing mulch go to waste. Thanks for that. I think the old guy just wanted to discourage me and take the mulch away. His quote didn't involve leaving the mulch behind (because he claimed it was useless). Another tree cutter suggested putting the mulch onto one section of the garden which was hidden and let it sit for 4 weeks or so. I've got him to do the job as he was more helpful and friendly. I'll probably keep the bulk of the mulch in that section of the garden for 3 - 12 months or so and put a bit of blood and bone and seaweed mix to hurry up the rotting process. Thanks all for the advice. |
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