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Upa Creek, Mo

Caution with the woodchips. I have seen N levels deplete fast and make situations temporarily ungrowable.

10/26/2024 9:47:59 AM

Gourd Zone, WA

Agree. Its a fine line. I wont be tilling them in, that would be a disaster. When tilled in, my guess is they can absorb far more than just nitrogen plus they can provide habitat for hordes of hungry insects. (The primary drawbacks of hugelkultur).

I might apply them to the soil surface after the soil temps are up and the insect populations are down... I need to try new things, especially things that might suppress the wrong sort of nematodes. Im guessing that there's a narrow window of benefit between a suppression nematodes and an increase of hungry soil insects.

[Last edit: 10/26/24 12:51:38 PM]

10/26/2024 12:45:40 PM