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Quote from: tonybloke on November 05, 2009, 20:09:28
'silver plastic mulch?'

what the beeping heck is that????  :-\

If you use a wood mulch you'll lose some nitrogen from the soil, but I don't know how much. It rots slowly so I suspect not much. The one time I've used it, I grew beans though it.

Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on November 06, 2009, 15:45:27
If you use a wood mulch you'll lose some nitrogen from the soil, but I don't know how much. It rots slowly so I suspect not much. The one time I've used it, I grew beans though it.

Probably a good choice, beans won't care about the nitrogen, they'll make it themselves but they love the moisture :D.... I've got a load of woodchips in bags from the folks having some trees taken out.... I'll give that a go on my benas next year....

chrisc

Quote from: chriscross1966 on November 06, 2009, 17:42:51

Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on November 06, 2009, 15:45:27
If you use a wood mulch you'll lose some nitrogen from the soil, but I don't know how much. It rots slowly so I suspect not much. The one time I've used it, I grew beans though it.

Probably a good choice, beans won't care about the nitrogen, they'll make it themselves but they love the moisture :D.... I've got a load of woodchips in bags from the folks having some trees taken out.... I'll give that a go on my benas next year....

chrisc

If you use a wood chip mulch you might want to consider getting some mushroom spawn for one of the woodchip eating mushrooms and seeing if you can get yourself an additional crop for free as it breaks down.