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dogfishheadie
good morning gents,
just got back from my little "harvesting for mulch trip" out in the great outdoors. quite an enjoyable time searching, gathering and bagging for different ingredients knowing what it will be used for
basically I went out with a big reusable grocery bag and ended up putting around:
-85% tree bark from fallen trees (broken up into 1"-3" pieces with my hand)
-10% leaves torn into pieces
-5% not sure what the right name of it is, but i brushed away 3-4" of leaves to get the forest floor stuff? had white mold and what looked to be already broken down small pieces of leaves
now my questions are;
1) is there anything I need to do with this bag for the next month or so? keep it moist? temps? anything I can add (bone / blood meal) to really give it some extra love?
2) is fallen tree bark ok? i'm a bit worried about termites? not sure if they are active this time of year in the north east (currently 35°F)
3) say I need to go out and gather another bag, do I need to do it "X" amount of weeks before I want to use it as mulch?
as always, appreciate all the advice and input you all have to offer!
just got back from my little "harvesting for mulch trip" out in the great outdoors. quite an enjoyable time searching, gathering and bagging for different ingredients knowing what it will be used for
basically I went out with a big reusable grocery bag and ended up putting around:
-85% tree bark from fallen trees (broken up into 1"-3" pieces with my hand)
-10% leaves torn into pieces
-5% not sure what the right name of it is, but i brushed away 3-4" of leaves to get the forest floor stuff? had white mold and what looked to be already broken down small pieces of leaves
now my questions are;
1) is there anything I need to do with this bag for the next month or so? keep it moist? temps? anything I can add (bone / blood meal) to really give it some extra love?
2) is fallen tree bark ok? i'm a bit worried about termites? not sure if they are active this time of year in the north east (currently 35°F)
3) say I need to go out and gather another bag, do I need to do it "X" amount of weeks before I want to use it as mulch?
as always, appreciate all the advice and input you all have to offer!