Mulch

[Taralee]

we got a siberian elm cut down and the stump grinded down and I was wondering if it would be ok to put it down as mulch on my flower gardens and around trees?

[bullthistle]

That's not a problem as long as you feed some extra nitrogen to your plants because the mulch will pull some from the soil.

[Taralee]

how do you feed nitrogen to your plants?

[thehopefulgardener]

I would just like to add that you don't want to place the mulch right against your plants. I did this and they started dying. I had to pull it out a couple inches. At least I thought that was the problem. If I'm wrong on this someone please correct me.

[rainbowgardener]

That's not a problem as long as you feed some extra nitrogen to your plants because the mulch will pull some from the soil.

If you use chemical fertilizers, you just add some, something that is high in the first number of the NPK numbers.

If you are gardening more organically, add a nitrogen source like grass clippings, coffee grounds, finished compost, well aged composted manure.