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Subject: Re: [nafex] mulching trees
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 16:45:09 -0400
I guess I would have to see some data comparing various growth or yield
parameters for the same trees growing under the same conditions with, say,
wood chip mulch vs. hay mulch. My guess is that rigorous comparisons for this
do not exist.
Not that I have anything against woody mulches. Leaves and wood chips blanket
the ground beneath most of my trees (although some years, the mulch has been
hay). I use wood chips and leaves because they are deposited for free at my
site by arborists and landscapers.
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