Are Wood Chips Bad for Your Garden

There is a lot of discussion about using wood chips in the garden. In this video Doc explains that plain wood chips should not be used deep in the soil, but rather they should be composted wood chips.

[@mdozier43]

Been following you for about 4 years. I know you must not be too far from me. McDonough, GA. Duocide went down yesterday. DGL going down today on my Meyer Zoysia.

[@RiaWallace]

Doc you need to add a PowerPlanter auger to your arsenal. Battery operated and will make digging those holes so much easier. I have several of the auger bits, it was a game changer for me in our clay soil.

[@HowTowithDoc]

We have one with a 4" 8" and 12" auger. Use it all the time.

[@scottlarkin4748]

Tomatoes will grow like crazy where you don’t want them but die out where you do.

[@allensadicario5196]

Give it a shot and see what happens looking good brother

[@douglasbarnhart3324]

Thanks for the video Doc.

[@adamghazal9204]

Thanks Doc!

[@kkevinj1]

Took down an Elm tree that opened the door for Bermuda. I removed alot of the stump grindings but the Monaco is lighter in color in a circle right where the stump debris was. I may spray some fert and/or iron on that spot. Rest of Monaco is stupid dark

[@DawgGoneOutside]

With your green thumb, those tomatoes are gonna go bonkers!

[@rogersmith5503]

The tomatoes may not taste like a tomato from good soil

[@MyGuyKirby]

Interesting to see those chicks get crazy for fresh worms

[@Danger_Mouse3619]

Why would you put them in the soil. 🙄 You put them on top of the soil to stop the weeds getting through.

[@Gkrissy]

In Georgia with our humidity, it doesn’t even matter, it decomposes quickly into the soil. I live in north Georgia and half of my backyard I have layered like 4-6ibches woodchips year after year with chip drop, and then in the fall the leaves fall and it’s back to garden Eden style. I’ve left it alone and that soil is so nutrient rich. By the next spring season, it decomposed and weeds are growing over it. But I planted corn last year in that area in ground and I didn’t need any organic fertilizers because of all the organic matter. The other side of my land I have raised beds and in ground gardening.

[@realestatecompany9488]

"Get one John", lol

[@whattheheck-ii2vt]

Definition of a weed: any plant that is growing where you don't want it to 😉

[@rubenrivera1932]

Dude Trucks of top soil with sand

[@kathrync829]

We had a wood chip pile we decided to move.While moving it we discovered there was a lot of weird wormy snakes in it.