Wood Chips Around Plants

Most problems from using wood chips result from mulching too deeply.
Wood chips around plants. Being a lighter feeder the basil in front of the tomatoes weren t as affected. It is essential that wood chips be used properly. As the season progressed you could see an almost perfect circle where the chips had been. Since most arborist wood chips are chopped fresh from living or storm damaged trees let the wood chip mulch age and dry out even as long as a season before using it.
There are daisies in the foreground followed by the stunted peppers followed by peppers grown in the exact conditions variety as the. I have found that 2 3 is just right for wood chip mulch. The plants were all yellow and stunted. The most useful way to use wood chips is to prevent weeds and retain moisture around your plants.
Wood chips can be made from a variety of materials such as cedar pine bark or oak and it s important that you choose the type of wood chips that work for you and your garden. Wood chips lose color over time but bark chips do not. Be sure to read my post on using wood chips as mulch in a vegetable garden for more information. While it could be possible for plant diseases to come in with wood chip mulch the chips would have to be in contact with the soil close to your plant s roots to spread.
Several research studies have shown there is no nitrogen depletion problem for established wood plants using fresh wood chips.