[OwenM]

Anybody have any experience with how to best breakdown what’s left after mulching? I just mulched about 1.5 acres of small pines and holly. I plan on planting a good part of it for a spring plot for turkeys. Options I’ve heard of are 1: disc it in. 2: rake in piles and burn 3: seed and fertilize over it. What do y’all recommend? Pics for entertainment

 

[Deja vu]

very professional looking job Owen . your 3rd photo has the kind of scrub that keeps coming back for me and have no idea how to get rid of the roots . mine was so thick i duck down behind the dash and watch out for trees

 

[sureicanfish]

I'd let it dry and burn it as it sits. Good for all of the soil. Disc and plant after that.

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[OwenM]

very professional looking job Owen . your 3rd photo has the kind of scrub that keeps coming back for me and have no idea how to get rid of the roots . mine was so thick i duck down behind the dash and watch out for trees
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I didn’t do it myself but it turned out good. Yea that holly is a nuisance. Super resilient stuff

 

[SurfRidr]

We had this done to a property we purchased behind us... we are on year two and still getting at the roots that keep popping stuff up. I would agree with raking it together and burning it. The roots that are still producing growth will reveal themselves and you can go after them one by one with a shovel and a chain saw (I have a blade I just sacrifice as my dirt blade). It's gotten to the point we have found most of the persistent roots, and we can now at least mow it without fear of hitting something with the mower blades, but it's been a process. There may be a better way but that's we're doing with ours. In the last picture you can see all the dark scorch marks from all the burn piles.

 

[Outside9]

Burn, I did some this year.


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[X-Shark]

(I have a blade I just sacrifice as my dirt blade).

A battery operated Sawsall / reciprocating saw is a wonderful thing for that.

 

[SH27GameFish]

I had a guy mulch my east property line , He was finished and decided to hit the southern corner one more time . He had to get his buddy with a bigger machine to get him out. I finally got the hole filled in and i just bush hog it now .

 

[stevenattsu]

Chisel plow or ripper to bust up the roots and turn the soil