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Posted by symplastless on October 8, 2008, 8:17 pm
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MULCH
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.
> 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
>
>
>
>>>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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