To Mulch, or not to Mulch?

[Amelanchier]

Good work David.

 

The blackbirds will go insane in that chip!

[David Humphries]

I hope your going to clean that mess up after you.

 

 

are you suggesting I'm gonna kill the poor Tree?

 

If I do, the Orchard will the proud owner of a 150yr old dead Pear Monolith with added fractures, coronets, bat boxes etc, etc, etc................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

........................................Not.

[Giles Hill]

This is the type of thing that Glyn Percival was recommending for air spading to stimulate root growth. He showed pictures of the ground being loosened with the air spade and organic matter mixed in.

 

I think the idea was that it's a quick way of improving the structure of compacted ground, wheras mulching on it's own might take a little longer to work it's way in.

 

Either way. it's going to be better than trampled grass.

 

Neat Job BTW

[christreeroot]

This is the type of thing that Glyn Percival was recommending for air spading to stimulate root growth. He showed pictures of the ground being loosened with the air spade and organic matter mixed in.

 

 

Neat Job BTW

 

We have been doing that for 2 years now, had some great results

[David Humphries]

We have been doing that for 2 years now, had some great results

 

 

 

Would be very interested to see any before and after shots, do you have any Chris?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Giles Hill]

We have been doing that for 2 years now, had some great results

 

Nice to hear it's not just theory - do you think it would have helped in this situation?

[Dean Lofthouse]

If I do, the Orchard will the proud owner of a 150yr old dead Pear

 

I don't understand plain English David, you'll have to be a bit more specific, Genus, Species, sub species ??

[David Humphries]

I don't understand plain English David, you'll have to be a bit more specific, Genus, Species, sub species ??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You not satified to bait just one thread

 

 

 

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[christreeroot]

Would be very interested to see any before and after shots, do you have any Chris?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I will post some in the near future, i am trying to piece together my own research, its quite hard when you havent got the budjets of the big boys

[christreeroot]

Ring Mick Dewhurst - Eastwood Tree Services Ltd

 

Not many have done more in this line.

 

Have you considered compacting and feeding as well

 

Mick is the man to talk to about this.

 

http://www.eastwoodtreeservices.co.uk

 

I see he uses terravent, more and more people are turning there backs on it, it doesnt offer a tenth of the quality of radial trenching, i have used in the past and did not rate it one bit - looks the part but fails to deliver imo ......