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  • From: Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
  • To: nafex@egroups.com
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Re: good stuff perhaps
  • Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 11:30:18 -0500

Hi,

Just a thought... Many communites give away bark mulch from trees and
branches that come down in the community.

In our community the power compay dumps the tree shreddings in the
municipal yard, and you can load it into your own truck for free.

I found it to be a good source, but you never know what is in the
shreddings (ie: was it a sick tree that was taken down). Not that you
know what is in the stuff you pay for either. Don't care what it says on
the bag, you never know what is in it either.

It can be a bit "twicky" (large twigs and small sticks) at times.

Regards,
Tom

jhecksel@voyager.net wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> To support what Lon wrote, Michael Dirr (an ornamental plant guy at U.
> Georgia) wrote in his book that U Georgia grows azaleas, rhododendrons
> (sp?) in red Georgia clay by planting half the root ball in the ground
> and then covering the top half the root ball with shredded tree bark.
> I assume that the mulch must be about 6" (150mm)in most cases. You
> might want to see if there are any sawmills in the neighborhood. You
> will need truck loads of bark if you plant many blueberries.
>
> > HOWEVER, I have been finding that the thing that makes the MOST
> difference
> > in most cases, is having a lot of organic matter in the soil. Not
> > necessarily peat or other acid stuff, just plenty of compost, etc.
> to feed
> > the soil microflora. That seems to help the blueberries adapt
> better than
> > anything else. The correct mycorrhizal fungi (and other flora) have
> been
> > found to create acidity in the soil that is part of their activity
> in
> > breaking down minerals and improving water holding capacity.
>
> Joe

--
Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Canada
Hardiness Zone 6a









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