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Pine mulch, or not.
The tree fellers are busy across the road, at long last cutting down a row
of leylandii which this morning were about 10 feet taller than the houses. They are shredding the branches into a truck, and I'm sure if I asked them they'd let me have a load. I'm wondering about their suitability as a mulch for the fruit bushes on the allotment to keep the weeds down. Anybody done this, and is there a down side? OK, there's always a down side, what's the down side here? Steve |
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Pine mulch, or not.
On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:19:02 -0000, "shazzbat"
wrote: The tree fellers are busy across the road, at long last cutting down a row of leylandii which this morning were about 10 feet taller than the houses. They are shredding the branches into a truck, and I'm sure if I asked them they'd let me have a load. I'm wondering about their suitability as a mulch for the fruit bushes on the allotment to keep the weeds down. Anybody done this, and is there a down side? OK, there's always a down side, what's the down side here? Steve IME, it's always better to use composted wood chippings as a mulch. As fresh wood rots down it can draw nitrogen from the soil which isn't a good thing. Don't forget, as well, that pine is very acidic and if you put a lot on your soil you'll lower the pH as it decomposes and gets incorporated into the soil by those little wriggly things. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay. |
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On Mar 20, 2:19*pm, "shazzbat"
wrote: The tree fellers are busy across the road, at long last cutting down a row of leylandii which this morning were about 10 feet taller than the houses.. They are shredding the branches into a truck, and I'm sure if I asked them they'd let me have a load. I'm wondering about their suitability as a mulch for the fruit bushes on the allotment to keep the weeds down. Anybody done this, and is there a down side? OK, there's always a down side, what's the down side here? Steve No problem. Get as much as you can. I use it for mulch and compost. Stack it up somewhere if you have too much. Too valuble to let go! |
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Pine mulch, or not.
Hi Steve,
I'm going into the second year of using fresh wood chips (shreddings really) as mulch. Mine are mixed, there is some pine in it, along with a lot of lime (Tilia) and hard woods. My experience last year was extremely positive although some warned it was a bad idea. It's worth noting that most of my trees are ornamentals (largely maples) which don't like a lot of nitrogen anyway, but there was certainly very good fruit crops also last year by and large. Check out this link: http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~linda%2...les/index.html The pdf called "Arborist Wood Chips" addresses many concerns, including I think both the "acidifying" and "nitrogen leaching" arguments. Though others will of course disagree (as Jake did) and honestly I don't agree with everything Dr. Chalker writes either. -E On 03/20/2012 03:19 PM, shazzbat wrote: The tree fellers are busy across the road, at long last cutting down a row of leylandii which this morning were about 10 feet taller than the houses. They are shredding the branches into a truck, and I'm sure if I asked them they'd let me have a load. I'm wondering about their suitability as a mulch for the fruit bushes on the allotment to keep the weeds down. Anybody done this, and is there a down side? OK, there's always a down side, what's the down side here? Steve |
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Pine mulch, or not.
On Tuesday, 20 March 2012 14:19:02 UTC, shazzbat wrote:
The tree fellers are busy across the road, at long last cutting down a row of leylandii which this morning were about 10 feet taller than the houses. They are shredding the branches into a truck, and I'm sure if I asked them they'd let me have a load. I'm wondering about their suitability as a mulch for the fruit bushes on the allotment to keep the weeds down. Anybody done this, and is there a down side? OK, there's always a down side, what's the down side here? Steve No downside - get as much as you can. I prefer to let it rot in a big heap but I don't think that's strictly necessary especially if it's being used on subjects with a lowish nutrient requirement. For fruit I would feed with a high K feed before mulching. Rod |
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best of luck ( I hope its not already spoken for ??) Lannerman. |
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