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I havent on the basis that it will rot down and grow weeds in it
I've put weed suppressing fabric around my fruit bushes/canes and at the moment it's held down with bricks, stones and planks of wood. Is it a good idea or not to cover the fabric with woodchips?
I assume there must be a sort of acid in woodchips if they are fresh.
I cut my cherry tree back in February and shredded the branches.
shop purchased prepacked bark chippings on the surface...I have had no problems at all
I covered one of my rhubarb plants with the chips to see what happens if I 'protect' it from the winter.
Code: [Select]I cut my cherry tree back in February and shredded the branches.Bark removed in the winter (on chippings) is more toxic than summer bark. Bark contain phytotoxic oils that can poison many plants. And top of that softwood bark has more of these oils than hardwood.Code: [Select]shop purchased prepacked bark chippings on the surface...I have had no problems at allThat's because commercial bagged bark products are already treated to remove the phytotoxic oils. ;)..and bark is sturctually much larger and porous and thus individual pieces are less in contact to the soil and are much slower to go through composting process...less nitrogen intake..less competition. Very good choice of mulch but not cheap to use on large areas, though long lasting.Fresh wood chip not only have the oils in them they also need high quantity of nitrogen to proceed to compost. Oils are processed during composting. So having the double whammy against plants may become problem. I learned it hard way and although I use fresh stuff all the time I do it with "distance" and I always apply handfull or so some chicken manure undernearth the chipping too ;)..problems solved...not trouble anymore.