FrankOceanXray
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- Oct 29, 2008
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The wood chips will consume the Nitrogen in the soil to break the chips down. You may need to supplement.
Garden center plants may have been outside during the late frosts, and compromised before you bought them.
This nitrogen scare is highly overrated. It has been studied. The nitrogen robbing that is commonly spoken of occurs at an incredibly small amount in an incredibly localized space. University of Washington did one study off too of my head . Lemme try to dig it out.
See above for likely reason nothing is catching..
EDIT : googling will lead one to many sources which debunk the idea. Washington State, U of Vt, and more. Studies and nicely formated pamphlets.