• Can you get hold of any aged/part rotted* wood chip?
    That mycorrhizal fungi needs something to eat.
    The fecundity of ancient woodland is due to the extensive network
    of fungi in the soil, providing nutrients to the tree roots,
    especially phosphorus.
    Probably not much organic material for it to feed on +/-9 inches into suburban soil.
    [* fresh wood chip needs nitrogen to start the decay process
    so can deplete impoverished or unimproved soils.
    Pissing on a stack or heap helps the decay process no end].

  • Figure this might be a how longs a piece of string question but how rotted or old does it need to be? Have 10 or so rhododendrons I want to put wood chip around. I have some year old stuff that never got turned or some 2 week old chippings

  • Fresh woodchip consumes some nitrogen as it begins to age. Unless you can guarantee a reliable source of dilute water soluble nitrogenous compounds, (yes urine is good), use the aged stuff.

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