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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

Which probably explains why using wood chips and shavings from my duck's shed 
works so well as both mulch and top dressing. Their manure provides the 
necessary N and K and whatnot. The fruit trees and raspberries out back are 
all healthy and fruiting well.
 
Dave Liezen 
 
> From: jimfruth@charter.net
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 08:50:14 -0500
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] wood chips
> 
> If your wood chips are to lay directly on the ground, you'll want to add 
> some nitrogen because the soil bacteria will grab all it can to break down 
> the wood. With nitrogen bound up in bacteria, there will be less for 
> plants.
> 
> Jim Fruth
> Brambleberry Fruit Farm
> 4002 Davis Street
> Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
> 1-218-831-7018 (My Cell) 
> 
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