To much chippings from stump grinder gone into soil

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mollie38 Liverpool, United Kingdom Jan 20, 2010

Hi

I am a new member and need some advice at the end of october we had 8 golden Leylandi taken out and used a stump grinder for the roots. Unfortunatley quite a lot of the chippings went into the soil I got out as much as I could but there is still quite a lot there, I would like to prepare the soil for the spring for when I start planting but I am a little worried in case it damages the plants is there anything I could use to prevent harming the new plants.

Regards
Mollie

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Jan 20, 2010

Hi Mollie. The biggest problem with wood chippings in soil is that the microbes that accompany decomp of the wood tend to use up nitrogen. This can be handled with a nitrogen supplement. The other problem is that some wood chips change soil pH. Here are a couple links with info for you.

http://www.stumps.biz/aftercare.htm


http://www.theinterruptedgardener.com/2009/03/hi-ho.html (this is a personal experience link)


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=leylandii+wood+chipping+in+the+garden&start=30&sa=N

(this is my original search link....lots of commentary from UK on Leylandii....grin)

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mollie38 Liverpool, United Kingdom Jan 20, 2010

Hi Themoonhowl

Many thanks will take a look at those sites, have spent a lot of time the past few weeks planning the new layout of the garden as its such a large area and will take a lot of plants and bushes just want to make sure the soil is ready when I do start planting roll on the spring

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Jan 20, 2010

You are too welcome. The wood chips should not pose too great a problem. Just spread them out as best you can and mix them in well with a little "natural" amendment (ie Cow, Horse or Chicken manure) and all should be fine.

Best of luck with your new garden. You can post pics of your progress here also.

Best Regards,
Jean/Moon

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