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Alcohol in wood chip


Ty Korrigan
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Specifically 50% maple, field maple I think and hornbeam

In full leaf, very warm conditions.

Chipped into a pile on site.

Overnight, the garden was heady with the unmistakable fumes of alcohol.

The client, a teetotal was very amused.

I was surprised, I've noticed this phenomenon before but nowhere near as strong

I did a quick google and found an article from America which mentioned this and it's toxicity for plants if used as a mulch due to levels of acetic acid.

Any-one more info on this?

 Stuart

 

 

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