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I am planing cypress wood that I am using in my new house. (100 yo wood
salvaged from old house) I'd like to use the planer shavings as mulch. I understand the fresh shavings extract or negate the level of nitrogen in the soil. I may be mistaken about the correct chemical or compound, but I do know from first hand experience that I soundly killed a perfectly good flower bed a few years back using fresh shavings. I was told to augment with some nitrogen bearing agent or use fish meal, etc. Am I on the right track...what is the ratio of nitrogen to how much mulch? Thanks. Perry bentcajungirl |
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"bentcajungirl" wrote:
I am planing cypress wood that I am using in my new house. (100 yo wood salvaged from old house) I'd like to use the planer shavings as mulch. I understand the fresh shavings extract or negate the level of nitrogen in the soil. I may be mistaken about the correct chemical or compound, but I do know from first hand experience that I soundly killed a perfectly good flower bed a few years back using fresh shavings. I was told to augment with some nitrogen bearing agent or use fish meal, etc. Am I on the right track...what is the ratio of nitrogen to how much mulch? Thanks. Perry bentcajungirl You might want to let it sit one season. I've seen garden center mulch fry entire landscapes. The nitrogen releases too fast. Ground pallet mulch is known for that. Your milage may vary..maybe try it on a small area first? -- Go#40 42 12 God Bless Our Troops ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ 50 GB/Month |
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Yes, during the conversion from fresh organic to compost, your cypress
shavings will search for nirtogen, but it will later release it after the decompostion is complete. - But - As a woodworker, I don't no of any wood as resistant to decomposition as cypress. That makes it good for mulch. It will just stay at the surface and stare back at you for 5 or 10 years. I have seen rain gutters made of cypress - the Floridia tree that loves to stand in swamps. If it is true cypress, I would put an ad in the paper and sell it. Then get ordinary wood chips from any tree care company. They are likely to give it away free. "bentcajungirl" wrote in message .. . I am planing cypress wood that I am using in my new house. (100 yo wood salvaged from old house) I'd like to use the planer shavings as mulch. I understand the fresh shavings extract or negate the level of nitrogen in the soil. I may be mistaken about the correct chemical or compound, but I do know from first hand experience that I soundly killed a perfectly good flower bed a few years back using fresh shavings. I was told to augment with some nitrogen bearing agent or use fish meal, etc. Am I on the right track...what is the ratio of nitrogen to how much mulch? Thanks. Perry bentcajungirl |
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I give a lot of it away to horse people. They use it for stall bedding.
But now that I'm starting to landscape, I was wondering how/when I could use it. Yes, it is truly cypress. Primo stuff. I am in the heart of extreme South Louisiana. This stuff came from a 100 yo structure and we're fairly certain that the structure was built from wood from even an earlier structure. If only the wood could talk. Being a woodworker, you would like what we are doing with our cypress. Perry bentcajungirl |
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