Is Disease in Wood Chips a Problem?
Linda Chalker-Scott, an Extension Horticulturist and Associate Professor at Washington State University has a nice publication on her website discussing
The Myth of Pathogenic Wood Chips. Her bottom line? It's not generally a problem as long as you don't amend the soil with wood chips (only spread on the surface instead) and if the mulch is kept away from the trunks of trees and shrubs.
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