What's the best bark mulch for around palm trees?

[Ben in Norcal]

Just now, ExperimentalGrower said:

Ben, do you use decomposed chips or fresh chips that arborists just ground up at a day’s job?

Fresh chips yearly.  They go on top of the old mulch so really don't have contact with the soil.  Not concerned about them robbing nitrogen given that - you'd really need to work them in with a tiller for that to be an issue.  Anyway, like I said, growth has been explosive since I started doing this - whether due to water retention, soil quality, organics facilitating beneficial critters, or some combination thereof, I really don't know.  But, I'm sticking with it. 

And, like Derrick said, spreading 30 yards of mulch every spring over several weekends is damn good exercise!

[ExperimentalGrower]

4 hours ago, Ben in Norcal said:

Fresh chips yearly.  They go on top of the old mulch so really don't have contact with the soil.  Not concerned about them robbing nitrogen given that - you'd really need to work them in with a tiller for that to be an issue.  Anyway, like I said, growth has been explosive since I started doing this - whether due to water retention, soil quality, organics facilitating beneficial critters, or some combination thereof, I really don't know.  But, I'm sticking with it. 

And, like Derrick said, spreading 30 yards of mulch every spring over several weekends is damn good exercise!

Right on, that was my main question whether or not robbing the soil of N is a concern but putting them on top of old mulch makes perfect sense. Note taken.

[BayAndroid]

https://getchipdrop.com/

This might be of interest to you guys. I'm going to do it soon. 

The disclaimer, lol: 

 

[ExperimentalGrower]

1 hour ago, BayAndroid said:

https://getchipdrop.com/

This might be of interest to you guys. I'm going to do it soon. 

The disclaimer, lol: 

 

That’s pretty cool. Unfortunately I would only need a few yards max at a single time, and my wife might make me sleep on the wood chip pile if a truck dumped a load that size in our driveway, lololol.

Edited March 3, 2021 by ExperimentalGrower

[aabell]

1 hour ago, BayAndroid said:

https://getchipdrop.com/

This might be of interest to you guys. I'm going to do it soon. 
 

I was signed up for a while last year, nothing came and then I chickened out and took my name off the list. Does not seem like the tree companies in this area use the service very often, and I want to have at least a rough idea of when it would be coming.