Hello Friends!
Today we will look into some Benefits of Using Saw Dust or Wood Dust in your garden.
We will also look into some basic science on what problems happens when you add saw
dust to your plants and How we can make use of this concept for the benefit of our plants
� that is Saw Dust Hack for your plants.
That�s coming up..
Sawdust or wood dust is a By-product or waste product of wood works like sawing, planing,
drilling sanding and so on.
It is composed of fine particles of wood and Here by Saw dust, I refer to both fine saw
dust and also tiny wood chips.
So, Before I list out the benefits or Uses of Saw dust on your plants and garden, lets
quickly know what happens when you add sawdust to your soil.
Some people who use sawdust for mulching or soil amendment might have noticed a decline
in their plants� health, making them to believe that sawdust is toxic to plants.
Actually, This is not the case.
Sawdust is woody stuff that requires nitrogen to decompose.
This means during the process of biodegradation, the process may suck out nitrogen from the
soil and thus away from your plants� roots, making your plants weaker.
This is called �Stealing� Nitrogen from your plants.
This happens when you mix saw dust directly into the soil without knowing this concept.
But generally mulching with saw dust may not cause this problem, but still with some precautions,
you can enjoy certain benefits of saw dust in your garden.
Well, keeping this concept in mind, we will list out the possible uses of saw dust in
gardening: The only action required is adding extra Nitrogen to your plants in the form
of fertilizers like decomposed cowdung, NPK and so on.
1.
MULCHING: Saw dust is slightly acidic and mulching a layer of saw dust on acid loving
plants is a good choice.
2.
COMPOSTING: Adding saw dust to your compost bin provides a good source of carbon.
Alternating sawdust with a layer of food scraps and other stuff is a good idea.
And one point to remember here is Sawdust takes atleast one full year to completely
decompose. 3.
GARDEN PATHS: This is a simple inexpensive way to make paths in your garden by adding
a thick layer of saw dust.
This not only prevents weed growth, but also keeps certains pests and insects away.
4.
WEED CONTROL: Mulching or adding saw dust on garden Paths can Prevent Weed Growth.
5.
Repels Insects like slugs and snails.
Just sprinkle around your plants.
6.
GROWING MUSHROOMS: sawdust and wood chips mixture can make a good growing medium for
mushrooms.
7.
SOIL AMMENDMENT: This is infact a controversial issue.
No doubt that saw dust and wood chips improve soil drainage, but using without knowing the
Nitrogen Stealing Concept, this can be harmful.
So you can use saw-dust wisely by adding supplemental or additional nitrogen source like cowdung
or NPK to your plant if you want to use saw dust for soil amendment.
8.
Then Lastly the Hack or Bonus: That is to Treat Over Fertilized Plant: Using the Same
Concept, that is the Nitrogen Stealing concept of saw dust.
You can use Saw dust into soil if you have overdosed you plant with excessive fertilizer.
The other hack is simply flushing your plant soil with excess water coming out through
the drainage holes to flush out the excess accumulated fertilizers.
So there we have it folks, that was a short episode on using saw dust in gardening.
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