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| Just had another tree removed, this time professionally. I am left with tons of grindings from the stump. Any reason I should not use it as mulch? Looks like smaller pieces of the cypress mulch I usually buy but from a white ash.
Thanks and merry christmas! |
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| I'd use it. |
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| Assuming the tree was not diseased, then I see no problem with using it. Even if it was diseased, then it would depend upon what the pathogen was, as it might be perfectly useable even then. Arktrees |
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| What they said. What was wrong with the tree? |
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| let it age a season before you put it down on any new plantings....otherwise use it up! |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 24, 11 at 13:55
| just dont use it on ash ... which i bet you dont have any left anyway ... once shipped.. the suggestion has been that nothing can survive.. most particularly.. EAB ... especially after winter ... or wont very soon ken |
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- Posted by toronado3800 Z6 St. Louis (My Page) on Sat, Dec 24, 11 at 16:48
| Thanks guys. The tree was relatively healthy just had one rotting crotch down low and the huge branches overhung our bedrooms. So if i let the mound hang out till spring will that do? For conversations sake, i have four white ash left. One big one, three - twenty foot types in the tree line. None are near anything I care about so they will die of EAB or split apart w/o my help. Between being low on big trees now, liking ash and the smaller ones not being landscape staples they're fine. |
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- Posted by wisconsitom 4/5 WI (My Page) on Sat, Dec 24, 11 at 20:40
| Tor, it should heat up as the sugars and sugar-like substances in the wood lead to an early and rapid part of the decomposition process. This is good because it tends to kill bad guys that may be present, and because then it won't heat up when spread out in your landscape-though I think that is less a concern. +oM |
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