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CT  BeR1204 Mar 10, 2018 3:44 PM CST |
| after our most recent storm we have a lot of downed trees and branches. Can we have them used for wood chips for mulch rather than paying to have them towed to the garbage dump? |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost    DaisyI Mar 10, 2018 4:17 PM CST |
 Yes, we used to do it all the time. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: Carole Lake Macquarie, Australia              carolem Mar 10, 2018 4:23 PM CST |
hi and Welcome too  it might be worth checking out that if you plan to use the chipped trees on your gardens, that perhaps you should be piling it somewhere for up to six months to start breaking down some. I'm not exactly sure what the ideal time frame is, but if you were to use it straight away (fresh), you can risk the chips taking up too much nitrogen from your garden plants, and them showing the depletion by yellowing off. If you might want to use the chips to build up pathways, or even to start creating some, thats a good option to use it in the first instance. Even if you used that as new base for pathways, you can always go back and add stones on top if/when needed too. If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere. Vincent Van Gough |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI Mar 10, 2018 4:29 PM CST |
| Carole is right. I always used them fresh but also sprinkled Ammonium Sulfate to counter the nitrogen depletion. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: Sue Ontario, Canada (Zone 4a)       sooby Mar 10, 2018 6:05 PM CST |
| Nitrogen depletion isn't really a significant issue when using fresh chips for mulch. It may have a small shallow effect where the mulch meets the soil but it should only affect small plants like seedlings if at all. If you're worried you can spread a nitrogen fertilizer first but for larger established plants it should not be an issue. If you incorporate the chips into the soil then that would be a different matter. |
North Central TX (Zone 8a)   tx_flower_child Mar 10, 2018 7:10 PM CST |
| No matter what, keep the chips! |
Minnesota (Zone 3b) RpR Mar 10, 2018 8:00 PM CST |
BeR1204 said:after our most recent storm we have a lot of downed trees and branches. Can we have them used for wood chips for mulch rather than paying to have them towed to the garbage dump? Do you have a wood chipper; is it big enough for the branches you have? |
Name: Sally central Maryland Seriously addicted to kettle chips.        sallyg Mar 12, 2018 6:52 AM CST |
| Fresh woody chips will last a couple years on a path- I used some that way. I also had a great vegetable garden planted into a layer of fresh chips, then the chips covered with black fabric. The chips are all gone now after two summers. ..come into the peace of wild things..-Wendell Berry Life is a buffet (anon) |
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