physical properties ( Prior et al., 2004 ), which also improves soil water relations ( Prior et al., 2010b ). Mulch (commonly pine bark, pine straw, or wood chips in the southeastern United States) contains high concentrations of plant organic C and, when
plant was covered with chipped wood and bark mulch in a layer ≈5 cm deep. Plants were not irrigated again nor was fertilizer applied. Air temperature was logged with three iButton Data Loggers (Maxim Integrated Products, Sunnyvale, CA), and data on
pinebark (PB) (≈42%), needles (≈9%), and wood (≈49%) from residue remaining after in-field harvesting of pine wood chips for the paper industry. This study utilized aged (6 months) pinebark and fresh CCR in combination with four rates of supplemental
balls were left undisturbed at planting. Immediately after planting, 7.5- to 10-cm long pieces of chipped urban waste wood or pine bark was applied as mulch at a 7.6-cm thickness in 1.8-m wide rows with the shrubs in the middle of the row. Shrubs were
soil around each plant were covered by 4 inches of hardwood chip mulch. Species. Twenty-five species and cultivars were evaluated in this study—15 native and 8 nonnative warm season grass species and two grass-like species; black flowering sedge and
frequent monitoring; if fruiting bodies are found, promptly remove the infected palm to a landfill or incinerate. Do not recycle trunks of diseased palms as green waste or chip and use basal portions of palm stems as mulch. If possible, remove infected
landscape codes and specifications USDA-NRCS Washington, DC 7 Apr. 2010 < http://soils.usda.gov/sqi/management/files/protect_urban_sq.pdf >. Himelick, E.B. Watson, G.W. 1990 Reduction of oak chlorosis with wood chip
numbers and grade, showing how effective the high tunnel was in extending the growing season. The Effects of Colored Plastic Mulches and Row Cover on the Growth and Production of Sweet Potato Daniel M. Sullen*, James E. Brown, Floyd M. Woods, Edgar L
into beds 8–10 inches deep preplant, and a 2.5 to 4.0-inch layer of organic mulch (typically donated wood chips from local arborists) was maintained on the beds throughout the study. Initial compost and the decomposition of organic mulch provided
emergence, plants received annual fertilization with an approved organic nutrient source (2-kg composted poultry litter per row, 2.20% nitrogen w/w), were mulched with wood chips to a depth of ≈10 cm and a row width of 1 m for competitive vegetation