Rhody damage by woodchip

[Robert_S]

OOOhhh your in trouble, you will go round and they will all be dead and you have already spent the money on fancy coffee and protein powder:001_tt2:

[nepia]

It looks like Big-Al's the man here but my penn'orth is... if they're ponticums go and put another few feet of chip on them, if they're species they won't appreciate it. It won't do them serious harm but it could inhibit flowering. If all you need do is a small amount of work raking some chip away from the stems I'd suggest that'll put everyone at ease. Rhodies are shallow rooted and like to keep them that way: that's why I've a couple of windblown 30' x12" stems available for firewood any time I want to go get 'em!

[Stephen Blair]

Thanks everyone, even Robert:sneaky2:, protein powder lol, more like beans:laugh1:

 

Big Al any info would be great, and your guy sounds like the man. Raking the stuff away is easy enough, i have it booked in for tomorrow BUT i do like to know info and then i can pass it on to my customers:thumbup1:

Interesting stuff about the roots, i assumed it was just the fact they will grow anywhere, especially around rocky areas. Now i get it:biggrin:

[nepia]

A slight derail but I thought this may be worth storing at the back of your mind, especially as it originates from next door to you.

 

http://www.slef.org.uk/landm/pdfs/leaflet.pdf

[treemeup]

I would also be worried about the heat generated by that much decomposing wood chip, dont think many species would like being exposed to that