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Wood Chip Mulch - Organic Mulch
USA Mulching with Ramial Chipped Wood
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Making and Using the
ramial chipped wood - RCW
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Sheet mulching - Organic mulch - Wood chippers and
shredders - Ramial wood chips |
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Preamble |
Making and using Wood Chip Mulch |
Also called brown gold by american gardeners or RCW mulch, ramial chipped wood
or RCW is used in agriculture or horticulture. They come
from fragmentation by mechanical milling branches
(chipped branch-wood).
The ramial chipped wood can stimulate biological activity in
the soil and are very effective as mulch. By composting,
the RCW is transformed into humus. So you can recreate
your soil and make it rich in micro-organisms. Living
soil is the best way to take care of your garden plants
! It's common practice for Permaculture in USA. |
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How to get ramial chipped wood (RCW) and sheet mulching
garden beds |
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Chopped leaves and branch-wood - The Lignin
process |
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Ramial Chipped Wood
Making and using ramial
chipped wood RCW |
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Organic mulching with
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Fragments of branches mixed with decaying
leaves.
The mushrooms and micro-organisms do the job
very well. The biological activity create by the
fragmentation will allow regeneration and soil
enrichment.
Enrich your soil naturally without fertilizer! |
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Shredded bark |
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Organic mulch material
Garden Mulch Ideas |
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Organic mulching with
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To allow the biological activity (Pedogenesis,
decomposition, lignin, trophic chain, cellulose,
hemicelluloses, nitrogen), RCW must not contain
more than 20% of material from conifers.
So the ideal is to have 100% of leafy material. |
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Ramial wood chips mulch |
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Ramial Wood Chips
How to make a living soil |
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Organic mulching with
ramial chipped wood (RCW): |
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Conifer boughs more acids act as an antifungal
and decompose more slowly. |
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RCW is an organic mulch material |
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Mulching with Ramial Chipped Wood
Building soil with Ramial
Wood Chips |
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Organic mulching with
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At best, fragments branch (small limbs) must
have a maximum 7 cm or 2" 3/4.
The decomposition of the material creates a lot
of heat in the middle of the heap. You can see
smoke coming from the RCW early in morning.
This forest
material will turn into a rich humus. This
natural process is used by organic farming for
soil amendment.
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Building soil with ramial chipped wood |
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How to make mulch with bark and chopped leaves
Chipped branch-wood |
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Organic mulching with
ramial chipped wood (RCW): |
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Here, a RCW truckload delivery who contains
maple chips. |
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Cheap Mulching Way - Using ramial wood chips |
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Ramial chipped wood composition
Chipped tree material |
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Organic mulching with
ramial chipped wood (RCW): |
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A lot of RCW containing alder and spruce (Less
than 20% conifer).
Tip:
The more acidic RCW can be placed in the beds of
plants that like acidity. To decrease acidity,
you can use ash wood from fireplace.
The Ramial Chipped Wood is a good material to
make a carboard flower beds. |
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