when grown in black plastic compared with those grown in wood chips or without mulch, even though plants suffered from sun scald. Black plastic conserves soil moisture more than fabric mulch, thereby influencing tree growth differently ( Appleton et al
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its increased use as fuel and landscape mulch ( Lu et al., 2006 ). The cost of peat substrates continues to rise due to transportation costs and growing environmental concerns over the mining of peat bogs in Canada and Europe. Therefore, alternative
). Mulches can also be made with natural materials, including crop residues, wood chips, gravel, and cover crops that may be allowed to grow (i.e., living mulches) or ended with a roller-crimper or other implement ( Haapala et al. 2014 ; Leary and DeFrank
Residual Substrate Is an Option for Nursery Production Interest in alternative, wood-based substrates has been high in recent years. One of these materials, clean chip residual (CCR), is a forest byproduct containing bark, wood, and leaves. Previous studies
industry standard when this study was initiated, weed mat increased soil pH and the level of soil P, K, Ca, and Mg by the end of the study. In contrast, Choi et al. (2011) reported lower soil pH, P, K, Ca, and Mg under weed mat than wood chip mulch. In
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(1985) demonstrated that Pyracantha × ‘Mojave’ and Liquidambar formosana Hance. grew as well in a substrate of woodchips:peat:sand (3:1:1 v/v/v) as in a substrate composed of bark:peat:sand (3:1:1 v/v/v). Wood chips for their study were produced by
mulch, and as a source for extracting biochemicals. Pine bark is primarily generated as a byproduct in the forest products industries, in which trees are debarked for the purpose of obtaining clean wood. The price for PB at any given time is dependent on
, Australia Bollen, W.B. Glennie, D.W. 1961 Sawdust, bark, and other wood wastes for soil conditioning and mulching Forest Prod. J. 11 38 46 Boyer, C.R. 2008 Evaluation of clean chip residual as an alternative substrate for container-grown plants Auburn Univ