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stump grinding debris
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We had some lliandi type trees removed -about six in all- which we then had the stumps ground out. this churned up the ground and left us with a huge load of chips+earth. we had to shift it as it was where the new patio was going to go. As we were having some new boarders dug we burried this stuff -about 10 inches down- along the length at a thickness of roughly 4 inches then had the new earth put on top to get to the finished height. Now we are wondering if the soil ph will be affected or if the plants will be poisoned in some way?. Any thoughts on this?? Cheers Richard |
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On 2/5/05 12:27, in article ,
"r.bartlett" wrote: Hi guy's We had some lliandi type trees removed -about six in all- which we then had the stumps ground out. this churned up the ground and left us with a huge load of chips+earth. we had to shift it as it was where the new patio was going to go. As we were having some new boarders dug we burried this stuff -about 10 inches down- along the length at a thickness of roughly 4 inches then had the new earth put on top to get to the finished height. Now we are wondering if the soil ph will be affected or if the plants will be poisoned in some way?. Rotting bark does indeed take nitrogen out of the soil and as it continues to rot then puts it back again, but that might take a year! You will very possibly see your plants go yellow so will need to correct the damage with a high nitrogen feed. My husband's opinion is that leylandii are more toxic than many. But what you've just described is why people are advised only to use well-rotted bark for mulching borders. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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On Mon, 02 May 2005 11:27:37 GMT, "r.bartlett"
wrote: Hi guy's We had some lliandi type trees removed -about six in all- which we then had the stumps ground out. this churned up the ground and left us with a huge load of chips+earth. we had to shift it as it was where the new patio was going to go. As we were having some new boarders dug we burried this stuff -about 10 inches down- along the length at a thickness of roughly 4 inches then had the new earth put on top to get to the finished height. Now we are wondering if the soil ph will be affected or if the plants will be poisoned in some way?. Any thoughts on this?? Sacha's summed it up pretty well, short term you may see some depressed growth while the process of decay gets going - use high nitrogen feed and keep the borders moist to correct this. Long term nothing but good. ================================================= Rod Weed my email address to reply. http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html |
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"Rod" wrote in message ... On Mon, 02 May 2005 11:27:37 GMT, "r.bartlett" wrote: Hi guy's We had some lliandi type trees removed -about six in all- which we then had the stumps ground out. this churned up the ground and left us with a huge load of chips+earth. we had to shift it as it was where the new patio was going to go. As we were having some new boarders dug we burried this stuff -about 10 inches down- along the length at a thickness of roughly 4 inches then had the new earth put on top to get to the finished height. Now we are wondering if the soil ph will be affected or if the plants will be poisoned in some way?. Any thoughts on this?? Sacha's summed it up pretty well, short term you may see some depressed growth while the process of decay gets going - use high nitrogen feed and keep the borders moist to correct this. Long term nothing but good. ================================================= Rod Weed my email address to reply. http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html will do ;-) many thanks for the imput this has eased our concerns cheers richard |
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