My season is winding down, and once again I will be prepping, and mulching my raised beds with some type of mulch. I cannot source ramial wood chips, but I can source fir bark in various degrees of coarseness. I realize I cannot rely on fir bark for nutrients, but if I amend my raised beds with other stuff, is there any reason not to use fir bark as the final mulch?
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The Pros/Cons of Fir Bark as a Mulch
- Thread starter Roguejim
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yeah pine/fir might be a little acidic but not enough to make a big difference i think. You can always add some lime into your beds to help stabilize ph over the winter also helps with calcium.
For containers the coarseness really matters especially if you are using 5:1:1 ratios. But in the beds / ground it will decompose and be a much lighter ratio like the opposite 1part mulch 5 parts soil so it matters less. I'd say get the cheapest option of some good quality pine/fir bark mulch/chips
For containers the coarseness really matters especially if you are using 5:1:1 ratios. But in the beds / ground it will decompose and be a much lighter ratio like the opposite 1part mulch 5 parts soil so it matters less. I'd say get the cheapest option of some good quality pine/fir bark mulch/chips
As a mulch it should not be much trouble. If it was incorporated into the soil then you would probably experience some issues at least in the first year for acidity, nitrogen robbing, and growth inhibiting due to the lignin found in conifers.