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Re: [PRIMROSES] Bed Preparation

Yes, I'd say you are lucky!  IMHO you can't have too many piles of wood
chips rotting away.  I'm coming to the end of some piles that were chipped
about 7 years ago and bemoaning the fact.  It does take a while for them to
rot down completely (like 4 or 5 years) , but when they do -- and it
doesn't matter a hoot what wood was chipped, it all rots eventually -- you
end up with the MOST marvelous soft, black, humus -- incredible stuff!
Plants love it, I love it and if I could wish for anything, it would be
about 6 lovely loads of any kind of woodchips -- I know *just* where I want
them to go:-)

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> In a message dated 97-12-27 22:02:39 EST, ECPep@AOL.COM writes:
>
> <<  This winter a
>  tree crew trimming the power lines free of overhanging branches has been
>  dumping truckloads of chipped wood behind our barn.  It may be a
lifetime
>  supply.  Once in a while a gardener gets lucky. >>
>
> Claire and others,
> After reading this post, I got some notes out from an old gardening class
I
> attended, to see what was said about using hardwood in z5/6 gardens. They
> didn't recommend it. They're reasoning was that it took too long to break
> down. Plus, most of the roadside trees that are being trimmed around in
this
> are Locus or Hedge. That's the ones with thorns and big green Hedge
apples.
> Please advise if this type of hardwood COULD be used as mulch if not put
over
> the plants in winter.
>
> Thank you,
> Sue Smith
> Missouri z5/6
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