Posted by Geo-TH,In on July 05, 2017 at 03:59:47 from (172.78.47.227):
In Reply to: Water quality posted by David G on July 04, 2017 at 10:29:50:
David, I think there are a lot of misconceptions about wood chips and nitrogen. Yes short term, a month or two, wood chips and many other things need nitrogen to compost. The nitrogen isn't lost, it's just tied up in the chip. Later all that and more if put back in soil. So yes, chips are like a sponge.
I talked to a man from NC. He worked for a man who made mulch. He said the city sewer plant used sawdust. Not sure why, but they would use that sawdust in their mulch. Along with leafs that the city dumped off.
Neighbor has 3 horses. He too used sawdust for bedding. I haul 6 yards of road apples mixed with sawdust each month. About a 50/50 mix. The sawdust absorbs the horse pee which is high in all fertilizers, N, P, & K. I think the sawdust has more fertilizer than the road apples. I mix this in with stump grindings, dirt & wood, grass clippings, which are high in nitrogen, add leafs in fall. Then let it compost for 6 months and great compost for garden and flower beds.
So does chips improve water quality? Not really sure. If chips get wet for a long time it will release tannin. You can read up on tannin. I wouldn't want tannins in my well. geo.
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