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Gingko leaves - OK for mulching ?
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Posted by ditas z5 in WDM (My Page) on Thu, Nov 8, 07 at 11:45
| Hi Iowa/zone4a/5 Gardeners, good mid-morning!
My old Gingko barely turned golden when Mother Nature told him to drop them!
Overnite, he certainly did - thank heavens for finally calmed winds - he did drop them just around his feet - no stinky fruits to rake this year either (due to 2wk freeze in April) just silky, leathery beautiful fan-like leaves. What a same not to be able to use this pile of nature's gold <:-((!
I have several marginally tender Hydrangeas to protect - could I safely use them as a blanket, inside the wire cages I created around each bush?
TIA for your thoughts & experiences <:-))) !
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RE: Gingko leaves - OK for mulching ?
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| It's unfortunate that no one responded to this, but maybe you are the first to find out? So did you try this, and how did it work? Or do we have to wait until later to find out? Please report so we can all learn from your experience. PS If you Gingko has fruits, it's a 'she'. |
RE: Gingko leaves - OK for mulching ?
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| My question is- why WOULDN'T you be able to ?? I dont know anything about this tree. |
RE: Gingko leaves - OK for mulching ?
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- Posted by ditas z5a-5 IA (My Page) on
Thu, May 22, 08 at 0:48
| Hi Maude - Thanks for hoping on, I waited a while & since no one responded I called a nursery to find out ... "NO" was the response - too heavy, will mat down & might suffocate my Hydrangeas. In a way I was glad I didn't, as this past Winter was the snowiest from beginning to end, in a long while! A friend wanted all my bags & bags of collected leaves for her raspberry bushes - so, were put to good use. I know Old Gingko is a she, now - only started fruiting in the past 6 or so years. He was planted in the early '80s as a none-fruiting tree ... grew so handsomely tall and majestic that I have always called him my Prince! 2005 was a bumper-crop year (whew & phwee!!!) & dreaded each year after that. The following year must have been a rest year for fruits ... 2 wks of subfreezing temps in April of 2007 must have killed all the buds ... I'm not sure what's in store this Fall. I understand that U of I & I-State had taken down all the beautiful Gingko trees along their campus curbs. I'm hoping that the tree experts will come up with a solution yet ... it'll break my heart to take this majestic tree down! Lilycrazy - Gingko is a stately tree with beautiful, leathery, fan shaped leaves that turn to amazingly beautiful, glowing, golden yellow in the Fall & drops all at once when Mother Nature snaps! The fruits are fleshy with edible kernels (give foul smell as fruit disintegrates) - native of China, Japan & Korea - the only surviving species of Gymnosperms that flourished during the dinosaur age. Bible stories claim this to be the tree-seedling, Noah brought on the Arc, to save from the great deluge. Gingko Biloba is used as memory boosters. Thanks again for your interest! :-)
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