From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
To: NAFEX List <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Mulching fruit tree chips
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:29:07 -0500
I just picked up a small chipper/shredder, mostly so I can shred and
mulch the small branches constantly falling from the maple in my front
yard. But what about prunings from my fruit trees? Can I chip those and
use them for mulch, or would I just be spreading disease?
(I know I'm not supposed to mulch fruit tree leaves, but as a practical
matter, it's going to happen. We have enough wind here that who knows
where the leaves go when they fall off the trees? They're certainly
mixed in with leaves in my yard, and my neighbors' yards, and across
half of the city, most likely. If I ever get fruit, I'll try to keep
that cleaned up. That's about the best I can do.)
And how about dead raspberry canes? I just cut out a few that have
recently died (for no obvious reason, that I can see, but it happens
sometimes at this time of year). Can I chip those for mulch, or would
you recommend that I just set them out for the garbage collection, as usual?
Thanks,
Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
--
Good God, how much reverence can you have for a Supreme Being who finds
it necessary to include such phenomena as phlegm and tooth-decay in His
divine system of creation? - Joseph Heller
[NAFEX] Mulching fruit tree chips,
William C. Garthright, 10/09/2007