conifer pine mulch update

 

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

 

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.

 



Ignore this fool

 



In reality Don Staples claims to be a "consulting forester" while he refuses
to define specifically what that is at his website at:
http://www.livingston.net/dstaples/forestry/staples.htm

PLEASE DEFINE WHAT YOU ARE.  "CONSULTING FORESTER" YOUR LINK IS DEAD.
@  http://www.livingston.net/dstaples/forestry/staples.htm


Ok, then, Don Staples.  Please provide data specific to Texas that states
that your salvage and restoration work increases the health of a forest
rather
than what I state,  that your practice is deforestation.  Please
provide the page and paragraph number where your data can be found stating
that you increase forest health by your salvage and restoration work.  You
claim I am a fraud while all along you promote deforestation claiming sound
treatment for landowners investment.  You claim to be a consulting forester.
Please consult and provide the data for your practice.


--
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.

 

symplastless wrote:

Bite me, yard boy, you are a liar, a fraud, and a simpleton.