lings.
All my best,
Deborah
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From: "Libby J. Goldstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Deborah Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [cg] Bark Mulch and community gardens
John,
I don't have a whole lot to add to this excellent advice, but... Pine mulch
is a great additive to soil mixes and in the trade, it is accepted theory
that it takes pine bark 18 months to bread down to potting soil grade. Now
this is done in huge thermal piles, and may take a bit longer e
There's actually no need to compost wood and bark chips before use.
Just spread them in your paths. (It's what we do in Southwark/Queen
Village Garden.) Depending on how humid/rainy the year is, the lower
levels of the mulch will rot in a season or two...or over
winter...and can then be dug out
rk to that area.
Deborah
www.greencure.org
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From: "John Richmond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 8:34 AM
Subject: [cg] Bark Mulch and community gardens
> I'm a long-time lurker on this list who enjoys r
John in Richmond
Regarding mixing in the bark mulch in your planting areasas the wood
decomposes it also robs the soil of nitrogen ..so you would need to pump up
your nitrogen levels a bit to compensate (depending on the amount of wood
mulch/chips that you put into the soil)
Bill
Sacramento
remiss in passing up this opportunity for you to contact
community garden legend ( and former ACGA president)
Mr. Tom Tyler, M.S., Extension Agent for Environmental Horticulture, Virginia
Cooperative Extension, Arlington County, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Best wishes,
Adam Honigman
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