Wood Chips, Central Ohio

JD3000 · May 9, 2018

For any of you in the area...
If you're near Reynoldsburg and have chips to drop, the city (and myself) would GREATLY appreciate you doing so at one of our parks of public green spaces to be used for mulch.

Trying to get the city back on TC USA and starting an urban forestry program. Also, would love to keep city workers on mowers and an herbicide happy turf knucklehead as far away from my trees as possibly via mulch rings and beds.

Thanks and pm with and questions io whatnot.

ATH · May 10, 2018

Have you worked with Lisa Bowers yet for Tree City USA?

oldoakman · May 10, 2018

JD3000 said:
For any of you in the area...
If you're near Reynoldsburg and have chips to drop, the city (and myself) would GREATLY appreciate you doing so at one of our parks of public green spaces to be used for mulch.

Trying to get the city back on TC USA and starting an urban forestry program. Also, would love to keep city workers on mowers and an herbicide happy turf knucklehead as far away from my trees as possibly via mulch rings and beds.

Thanks and pm with and questions ir whatnot.

Neanderthals! Hopefully they aren't unionized.

JD3000 · May 10, 2018

That town needs many things...

JD3000 · May 10, 2018

ATH said:
Have you worked with Lisa Bowers yet for Tree City USA?

Yeah she's helping quite a bit as were some OSU Grad students.

TreeVB · May 10, 2018

What is your take on using fresh wood chip via. partially composted?

JD3000 · May 10, 2018

I dont have an aversion despite claims of nitrogen drafts (gasp!!!)

No mature tree will be affected by a normal depth of fresh chips. I would even be pretty skeptical about a topdressing negatively affecting younger trees.
Furthermore, green wood and leaves provide a more readily available food source for many soil organisms. Older partially decomposed OM has its merits too though.

TreeVB · May 10, 2018

JD3000 said:
I dont have an aversion despite claims of nitrogen drafts (gasp!!!)

No mature tree will be affected my a normal depth of fresh chips. Furthermore, green wood and leaves provide a more readily available food source for many soil organisms.

Good to know. Thanks!

Jeff · May 10, 2018

JD3000 said:
No mature tree will be affected by a normal depth of fresh chips.

That’s why I always advocate volcano mulching. Looks really cool. I can pile it higher and steeper than any of my other land-scraper homies.

JD3000 · May 10, 2018

I'll concede that point and tell Jeff to GFY...

DSMc · May 10, 2018

TreeVB said:
What is your take on using fresh wood chip via. partially composted?

The initiation of the composting process and the biology involved when using whole tree chips is an important component in the recycling of nutrients and is best done on site. There is no downside to it.