[Market-farming] Mulching Fruit Trees
Chrys Ostrander
chrys at thefutureisorganic.net
Wed Nov 19 11:58:36 EST 2008
Mark,
Mulch is an excellent treatment for fruit trees (and most other
growing things).
Yes, you should pull the mulch back 6 to 8 inches away from the base
of the tree and protect the base from winter rodent knawings by
wrapping the base of the seedling with metal window screen.
Chrys
At 08:42 AM 11/19/2008, you wrote:
>A few weeks ago, I put in a small peach orchard - 22 trees. To
>shave off a year or so from the time before the first harvest, I
>planted 5 gallon potted trees - yes, it did cost more, but felt it
>was worth it this time. Bare root will be used for further expansion.
>
>When planting, close attention was paid to where the ground level
>met the base of the trees, but I'm not sure about putting mulch
>around them. Should I pull the mulch back away from the base of the
>trees, or is it ok to leave it? The mulch I'm using is wood chips
>and is between 6 and 8 inches deep.
>
>Thanks for the help.
>
>TxBeeFarmer (Mark)
>West Texas Zone 7b
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