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I'd probably just do the needles solo. Cypress takes much longer to decay. I read about the acidity thing too, but I laid down several cubic yards of it (a lot) without any adverse affect nor noticeable change in acidity (judging by the trees planted in that area).
If you have a chipper / shredder, you can toss the neighbors xmas tree right into the shredder and use the entire thing for mulch !Thanks for the opinions. Slash pine produce tons of these needles and I usually just put them out for collection so it's good to know that they won't harm anything.
Would it be better mixed with Cyprus mulch?
The pine looks nice also. No-one her has a chipper. Is is safe? expensive?
The funny thing is the soil has plenty of iron but it is bound to the minerals in the calcareous soils and the need for chelated iron drenches. This new iron sulfate/ PH reduced water mix is not something you will be able to mix at home, but from what I understand will be hundreds of times cheaper than chelated iron. Maybe the recipe will be released and all the dooryard, and commercials types will benefit.
Are phytos required for importing to t&c?
Not sure how these would do oin the San Diego area in the ground, but here they are horribly invasive. Keep it in a pot. They get huge fast here and then root sucker everyhere within a 50 foot radius.
Harry
I have one in a very dry environment. Saline soil may also be a limiting factor. In four years it has grown to about 5 feet high. There is one volunteer next to it which may be suckering from the roots. The wild chickens eat them but mostly off he tree when they are still green and I have not seen any new ones popping up in the neighborhood. It does not seem to be invasive in this kind of low rainfall area but I will keep an eye out. Dave
Dave - that is my observation as well - they do need constant moist conditions before they can get established, but never the less they should still be considered invasive.
Hi fellow members
I bought a box of Thai Sweet Tamarinds...they were very tasty and sweet
From what I have heard is that these are the standard sweet commercial variety. Though there are varieties that are much more sweeter from Thailand.
They are not irradiated like other fruits like Mangosteens...the germination rate is high and uniform...just soak, wash and plant...
Not sure how these would do oin the San Diego area in the ground, but here they are horribly invasive. Keep it in a pot. They get huge fast here and then root sucker everyhere within a 50 foot radius.
Harry
Beautiful place & trees...
lmao!!!
Donkeys fighting over a girlfriend
