[NAFEX] Growing Mulch

Joseph Richardson joe_r_richardson at hotmail.com
Tue Mar 23 20:42:57 EDT 2010


My personal plan is to use the stems from the very tall grass Miscanthus Giganteus.

Joseph



> To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
> From: kodama at riseup.net
> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:53:04 -0400
> Subject: [NAFEX] Growing Mulch
> 
> This may be a silly question, but as I've begun planting and planning  
> my modest orchard, I've run into a lack of available mulching  
> materials (or more likely, I'm just blind to what's staring me in the  
> face). The orchard's in a rural area and there aren't the abundant  
> flows of woodchips and leaf-litter found in the urban areas. But, in  
> consideration of a future with much less energy to spend on  
> woodchippers, I've been wondering what I could use for mulch.
> 
> Right now I'm thinking I'll plant a coppice-or-pollard field  
> downslope where I can take the shoots and lay as mulch around some of  
> my fruit and nut trees upslope. I'm not sure which species I'll use,  
> but possibly a mix of Basswood, Black Birch and maybe even Willow. My  
> thinking is that if I coppice or pollard them on a fairly regular  
> basis I can have a good supply of small woody shoots that will act as  
> a decent mulch, break down relatively quickly and possibly enrich the  
> nutrient content of the soils around my food-trees (I think Black  
> Birch accumulates K, P, and Ca; Tilia P and Ca). I guess I'm  
> wondering if anyone has experience with this sort of thing, what  
> species you use, and how it works.
> 
> In case it's relevant the orchard is/will-be comprised of primarily  
> Hazels, Chestnuts, Crabapples, and Juneberries.
> 
> Or maybe there's blindspot I have and this isn't a good idea?
> 
> Thanks!
> Evan
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