All Gardens
Great & Saudi
York Co.
irticulturalAi
Tom Becker
Avoid ‘Sour’ Mulch
Lots of things are sour grapes,
cherries, bark mulch, etc. Even
wood chip mulch can go sour if
not stored properly. Decomposing
within large (6-12 feet high)
mulch piles occasionally sour.
Without oxygen a toxic by
product results of various organic
acids and alcohol. If mulch is
spread in landscape beds these
acrid odors are highly toxic to
plants. These strongly pungent
odors are released after breaking
open the pile.
If you are buying mulch (shred
ded tree bark, old sawdust,
mushroom compost or bark chips)
and storing it for later use. keep
these precautions in mind. Most
bark mulch that was stored prop
erly, should not go sour. Mulches
that have not soured should have a
fresh garden aroma. If the mulch
smells like vinegar, sulfur or
ienl
ammonia, it has properly gone
sour and should not be spread in
flowerbeds.
Finely shredded mulches are
especially prone to ‘sourness.’
Often caused by compaction store
mulch in several small piles rather
than one large one. Mulch piles
that remain intact for more than
one week should be no higher than
four feet.
Mulch piles that are used and
replenished regularly can be high
er than four feet Shape piles so
that water runs off and does not
puddle into the center of the pile.
Water fills pore spaces, displacing
oxygen, resulting in sour mulch.
Better yet, cover mulch piles with,
a tarp to prevent waterlogging.
• Turn of mix piles if they are
stored in one location for a long
time. This allows any toxic bypro
ducts to dissipate and incorporates
fresh air to reduce further anaer-
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obic decomposition.
If you do find your mulch went
sour, spread the mulch out in a
thin layer on a paved surface. Let
the toxic vapors naturally dissi
pate for three to seven days. Then
apply the mulch to a small area of
plantings and wait for several
days. If plants don’t show wilting,
discoloration or other abnormal
growth indicative of sour mulch,
the mulch is safe the use on the
rest of your garden.
Avoid using sour mulch in con
tainers, recently planted flower
beds, or along the edge of land
scape beds. Annual flowers
planted prior to spreading sour
mulch may die withing 24 hours.
Plants affected often have chloro
tic leaves, leaf scorch or plant
dieback.
Another way to check for sour
• mulch is to check to pH. Sour
mulch will have a pH of 1.8 of 2.5
which makes neutralizing with
lime unreasonable.
Lastly, do no overapply any
type of mulch. Dense mulches like
sawdust should not be more than 2
inches thick while shredded bark a
maximum of 2 to 4 inches thick.
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