It's a roundup resistant hybrid. Got some already grown from a friend last year and it was as good as Ambrosia so I ordered some from him.
So does woodstove ashes.
Clipping and wood chips don’t “rob” nitrogen. They tie it up while they are decomposing so it’s not available immediately. So it’s something you don’t want to add around actively growing plants, compost it during that time. But putting it on in the fall and letting it decompose over the winter is good.
Obsession and Ambrosia, aren't those perfumes?
You provided the proof??How things tie up N has been told,peated and repeated so many times I figure everyone already knows "how it is". For some strange reason wood and green plants where I live didn't get the memo. I've used and showed others how to use practices called huglekultur and keyhole garden where logs,limbs,twigs and leaves are piled similar to what you would to burn it then covered with soil and planted. Shallow rooted annuals do about the same first year as if planted in plowed ground. Second year all plants perform better and require less irrigation than those in plowed ground. Third year and following years it's off to the races,leaving plants conventionally planted in ground in a cloud of dust while using 75% to 60% less irrigation and fertilize. Sawdust is a different kettle of fish.
N robbing green plants? For as long as I can remember farmers around here have turned green cover crops under and made a living growing crops with less fertilize and irrigation than land minus cover crop. The only grass I bag while mowing my yard is from area near air conditioning condensers. I put the clippings in a bin with brown leaves from previous Fall and the mix gets too hot to hold a hand in.
BTW the resultant soil doesn't stick to tools near as bad when wet as native black clay.
Yes, have been practicing hügelkultur for about 4 years now and it is pretty much unmatched for growing things and I grow things in raised beds and directly in the ground also. I let my chickens free range last year and they absolutely destroyed both of my hugel mounds. Took them right down to the wood. So they don't free range any longer.How things tie up N has been told,peated and repeated so many times I figure everyone already knows "how it is". For some strange reason wood and green plants where I live didn't get the memo. I've used and showed others how to use practices called huglekultur and keyhole garden where logs,limbs,twigs and leaves are piled similar to what you would to burn it then covered with soil and planted. Shallow rooted annuals do about the same first year as if planted in plowed ground. Second year all plants perform better and require less irrigation than those in plowed ground. Third year and following years it's off to the races,leaving plants conventionally planted in ground in a cloud of dust while using 75% to 60% less irrigation and fertilize. Sawdust is a different kettle of fish.
N robbing green plants? For as long as I can remember farmers around here have turned green cover crops under and made a living growing crops with less fertilize and irrigation than land minus cover crop. The only grass I bag while mowing my yard is from area near air conditioning condensers. I put the clippings in a bin with brown leaves from previous Fall and the mix gets too hot to hold a hand in.
BTW the resultant soil doesn't stick to tools near as bad when wet as native black clay.
My mother and I do this in out gardens but she normally uses leaves and I use grass clippings. It is mainly to keep the weeds down but helps to hold the moisture in. It does take a bit of work to lay it down every year but it reduces the overall work involved since I have very few weeds to deal with. Of course less weeds only makes it easier for the deer to eat everything. They really like the green beans and beets but nothing is safe from their browsing.
She was feeding the worms, they did the work.
Yes, the worms love the paper and leafs/grass.
