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colporteur

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Cedar chips
« on: June 21, 2010, 11:29:43 AM »
Does anyone know how cedar chips (not aromatic cedar) or shavings for mulch affect the soil?
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Re: Cedar chips
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2010, 06:04:28 PM »
Look here, Colporteur:  Google result of "Cedar Chips & soil"

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Re: Cedar chips
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2010, 06:29:17 AM »
Thanks
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Re: Cedar chips
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2010, 09:44:42 PM »
Cedar chips will finally decompose and termites will then attack cedar.

http://lancaster.unl.edu/home/articles/2002/termites.htm

So if cedar chips contain resins that discourage other plant growth,  use them as foundations for garden paths that will be rotated into growing space after the cedar is well decayed.
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