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michaeldan
Joined: 16 Jul 2007
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Location: Fort Worth,TEXAS
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:38 pm Post subject: Can I use whole shredded pine for mulch? |
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| Here in E. TX we just had about 20 large pine trees heavily damaged by a tornado. I was wondering if it is OK to us a chipper/shredder to mulch up all of the smaller limbs, bark, wood and all. I know that the bark has been used in the past, but I'm just wondering if this would be a good idea. We certainly have a lot of material to clean up. Thanks. |
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Tricky Grama
Joined: 06 Mar 2004
Posts: 729
Location: Plano & land at Dodd City,TEXAS
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:04 am Post subject: |
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Hopefully you'll get a reply from someone more knowledgable than I am...but all I've heard/read says shredded pine is fine.
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Dirt Doctor
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Posts: 536
Location: Dallas,Tx
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| No problem. When the entire pine tree is ground into shredded material, a good mulch is created. Wood, bark and needles all mixed together have a balance that works well. If other trees are used and mixed in, the results will be even better. |
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