RE: sawdust
- Subject: RE: sawdust
- From: M* D*
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 09:37:11 -0700
Bill, that's a good point. It always puzzled me that sawdust was/is the
recommended mulch for Blueberries. I have always used it on my 15+ year old
blueberries bushes and they are not chlorotic - they are quite healthy and
produce a bumper crop year after year. Maybe it has to do with the
extremely acid soil pH (4.5) that blueberries prefer?
Marilyn
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From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Blee811@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 7:41 AM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: Re: sawdust
I have read that sawdust will suck nitrogen out of the soil as it
decomposes,
so you wouldn't want to mulch plants with it--they'd starve. After it
decomposes, though, it is supposed to return that nitrogen to the soil.
Bill Lee
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