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Im interested in hearing people’s current thoughts on the use of wood chip mulches in annual vegetable gardens. Specifically, is the temporary nitrogen depletion that occurs on the soil surface anything to be concerned about? I know that Linda Chalker-Scott advises against high C:N mulches in annual vegetable gardens in her article “Wood Chip Mulch: Landscape Boon or Bane?” However, in “Decoding Gardening Advice”, Jeff Gillman states that “this nitrogen loss is likely to affect only the most tender annuals, and even they probably will not sustain any permanent injury”. He also categorizes the advice to always add extra nitrogen to the soil when wood mulch is used as “advice that’s just wrong”. Thanks and Happy New Year!
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:45:21 +0000

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