Re: Mulch-corn stalks
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- Subject: Re: Mulch-corn stalks
- From: M* C*
- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 06:33:22 -0500
Linda,
Where are you from in Mn? I live close to Alexandria.....and have been
addicted to hostas for 4 or 5 years now! I just think its fun to know
where others live in your state.....
I like your corn stalk idea. I know that Baily's; a big wholesale
nursery in St Paul use Sorghum for a cover crop, and then chopes it up and
spreads it on the fields for a mulch/fertilizer/compost . Let me know how
it works out.
How long have you been interested in hostas?
Monty
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> From: Linda <falkora@smig.net>
> To: PHOENIX_HOSTA_ROBIN@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM
> Subject: Mulch-corn stalks
> Date: Monday, October 09, 2000 11:37 AM
>
> Hi all garden mulchers, I live in S.Minn. in the middle of endless
> corn fields and it never ocurred to me until this morning that those
> corn stalks might make good, free mulch, if run through the
> chipper/shredder! It takes so many leaves, shredded to make any
> quantity of mulch and it's a lot of work to get the branches run
> through our little chipper. So I went out and got a wheel barrow
> full of corn stalks, and ran them the shredder. It made beautiful
> fluffy mulch, not too fine, and I think it would break down fast like
> leaves and not have to worry about robbing nitrogen like wood chips.
> QUESTION: Has anyone on the list tried this and were you happy with
> the results? Pros? Cons? If I don't learn any negatives, I will go
> ahead and try it and let you all know next year how it works. Linda
> K.
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