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Wood chip depth

Posted by Tony on May 22, 2014 at 7:47am in Groundscare
For a large domestic garden, would around 10cm depth of wood chip be about right for bed that contain shrubs and a few trees, gets no traffic through it. Probably about 100m2 total border size ? Should this depth help suppress the weeds without a membrane down as well ?
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    Stuart @ Eco Garden Maintenance May 22, 2014 at 8:21am

    I have never done it that deep. Usually about 5cm. Bark maybe a bit deeper because it is larger.

  • Tony May 22, 2014 at 8:39am
    Yeah don't know what I was thinking, 5cm sounds better.
  • Colin Hunt May 22, 2014 at 12:10pm

    Yup 50-75mm, it won't completely suppress weed growth without a membrane, but the weeds are easily pulled out.

  • Helen Reeley May 22, 2014 at 4:13pm

    I put on as much as I can within reason. The more I add the less weeding maintenance I seem to have. And I use bark over wood chip because a) it looks much better and b) when I do go into the bed to weed off I don't get any splinters. Regards-Helen

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    Phil Voice May 22, 2014 at 4:55pm

    Fresh wood chip can also starve plants of nitrogen - for an explanation, see here: http://www.landscapejuice.com/2006/08/wood_cip_mulch.html

  • Tony May 22, 2014 at 8:07pm
    Thanks for the info.

    Was aware about the fresh wood chip and nitrogen issue, in the big bed it's just a tree and a couple of shrubs. No perennials, annuals, etc.

    As it's for a quote just working out how much I would need.
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