To Mulch, or not to Mulch?

[Andy Collins]

Folks might want to be a bit careful, steaming in with an Air-spade, ie decompacting the entire root zone of a tree, common sense should explain why..

 

I've had Lee come in to do some radial trenching on an veteran oak this year, got to say it looks in fine form now. I read up on the various treatments, spoke to Lee at length as to what treatment each tree on the property required, and I feel that each individual tree was treated in the correct manner.

Good to see the Eastwood boys at the APF, and yes Mick is still at the helm these days, tho not the owner of the business any more. Eastwoods were certainly the first in East Anglia offering this type of service, so have extensive experience in the field.

[perci]

Have you been back to have a look under the mulch or is it to early yet.

I mentioned the cardboard to someone,they told me straw would work even better..???

[David Humphries]

Have you been back to have a look under the mulch or is it to early yet.

I mentioned the cardboard to someone,they told me straw would work even better..???

 

 

 

Too early, will have a peak next spring and update.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[BatiArb]

Fertilising mature trees is a total waste of time, money and effort. Artificially changing the nutrient balance of soils by using fertilisers creates more problems than it solves, because it all happens too fast.

 

Mychorizal inoculations of mature trees are also a waste of time, because the tree could not have survived to maturity without having good associations with mychorizal fungi.

 

The only effective 'treatment' is to remove grass out to the drip line, de-compact the soil (with an AirSpade), which gets the oxygen back in, and then incorporate a good composed mulch to replace the organic horizon that is an essential part of the trees growing environment.

 

However, even adding mulch should be carefully considered with reference to the trees age and stage maturity. Any remedial work should be undertaken with full consideration to the long life span of trees and with respect for the natural time scales involved.

 

I have attached more information on the various things to consider about mulch applications.

Using Organic Mulch 0807-2pg.pdf

[Shansen]

How much would you charge to do this for a customer?

[David Humphries]

However, even adding mulch should be carefully considered with reference to the trees age and stage maturity. Any remedial work should be undertaken with full consideration to the long life span of trees and with respect for the natural time scales involved.

 

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Hello Andrew,

 

thanks for the input, very interesting reading.

 

Great to finally see you on here, the sites just got much much more interesting with both you and Marcus on board.

 

 

All we need now is to get Neville and Ted involved and to get Colin to up his posting a bit.

With you lot duelling we could have ourselves a truly stupendous and thought provoking arena,

that is accessable to all the members of our little buggy, choppy type community

 

 

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[Dean Lofthouse]

Hello Andrew,

 

thanks for the input, very interesting reading.

 

Great to finally see you on here, the sites just got much much more interesting with both you and Marcus on board.

 

 

All we need now is to get Neville and Ted involved and to get Colin to up his posting a bit.

With you lot duelling we could have ourselves a truly stupendous and thought provoking arena,

that is accessable to all the members of our little buggy, choppy type community

 

 

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Something we should know David ??

 

Not funny handshake men are you

[Bundle 2]

Something we should know David ??

 

Not funny handshake men are you

 

Apparently the rest of us are boring him.....

[ecolojim]

not intellectually stimulating enough for them i reckon

 

 

 

excuse me while i go bash a landrover with a big hammer until it works again

[David Humphries]

The more the merrier, and if that involves some well respected members of our community joining in, then it's win win for us all as far as I can see.

 

Still awaiting the funny handshake.

 

Till then I'll make do with you lot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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