We are always on the lookout for different techniques to help our plants thrive. Here's how mulching with ramial chips may ...

For a positive example, visit the University of Kentucky campus. Trees are mulched in wide circles reaching out to the drip line of the canopy. Arborists’ wood chips have been used since April 2020.

The calculation is simple: Chip Load = Feed Rate (inches per minute) / (RPM x number of flutes). For example, if the chip load is 500 ipm / (15,000 RPM x 2 flutes) the chip load is 0.017 inches.

Q. I talked a tree trimming service in to dumping a load of wood chips in my yard to use as mulch. I have been spreading it all around my yard to help conserve water and to keep weeds from growing.

All the branches go through a wood chipper." Each load of chips occupies between eight and 10 cubic yards -- roughly the size of a midsize car, Russitano said.