I use to wrap wire around baby veggie plants to prevent cabbage worms from eating the young plants. This idea has been known for over a century. Healthy plants are not typically attacked by predators. Only the very young, the old and the unhealthy are targeted. Where have you heard that before? I use to plant the seeds in wood chips. The surface layer would absorb heat and would remain loose and dry. I never had to de-weed because of this, and if a weed did sprout, I could easily kick it up with my foot. The wood chips would retain incredible moisture underneath. Because of this I never had to water my garden again. Before knowing about wood chips, I had constantly water the garden. What a difference the wood chips made. All the nutrients and minerals came directly from the decaying wood chips underneath. The trees that the wood chips came from absorbed and pulled up minerals into the root system from deep under the soil. The veggies I grew had all the minerals and nutrients that the tree had. It is well known the best soil to farm is soil that comes from a freshly felled hardwood forest.
I don't know about the electro-magnetism aspect of a wire wrapped around a stick. I think it would be better to wrap a flexible wire around the plant itself. I never had insect infestations because all my veggies were fit as Olympians.
I wouldn't use mulch because it may be chemically prepped. There was a tree cutting service I use to get the wood chips from. I used a mix most likely it consisted of Ash, Birch, Oak, Pine, and Cottonwood wood chips. They were removing a cottonwood and they were 'glad' to give me the chips. In fact, they gave far more than I wanted and dumped a truck full right in from of my house..... Bastards. Oak chips I think would be great except you'd have to be careful of oak wilt, which is especially problematic with red oaks. The city Arborist told me that he never ran in to cases of oak wilt in the city parks and it was only problematic on people's properties. I asked him why that might be so and he theorized it was from people using herbicides on their lawns and told me the parks don't use herbicide.
I use to wrap wire around baby veggie plants to prevent cabbage worms from eating the young plants. This idea has been known for over a century. Healthy plants are not typically attacked by predators. Only the very young, the old and the unhealthy are targeted. Where have you heard that before? I use to plant the seeds in wood chips. The surface layer would absorb heat and would remain loose and dry. I never had to de-weed because of this, and if a weed did sprout, I could easily kick it up with my foot. The wood chips would retain incredible moisture underneath. Because of this I never had to water my garden again. Before knowing about wood chips, I had constantly water the garden. What a difference the wood chips made. All the nutrients and minerals came directly from the decaying wood chips underneath. The trees that the wood chips came from absorbed and pulled up minerals into the root system from deep under the soil. The veggies I grew had all the minerals and nutrients that the tree had. It is well known the best soil to farm is soil that comes from a freshly felled hardwood forest.
I don't know about the electro-magnetism aspect of a wire wrapped around a stick. I think it would be better to wrap a flexible wire around the plant itself. I never had insect infestations because all my veggies were fit as Olympians.
What type of wood chips did you use? Wood chip mulch? Bark mulch?
I wouldn't use mulch because it may be chemically prepped. There was a tree cutting service I use to get the wood chips from. I used a mix most likely it consisted of Ash, Birch, Oak, Pine, and Cottonwood wood chips. They were removing a cottonwood and they were 'glad' to give me the chips. In fact, they gave far more than I wanted and dumped a truck full right in from of my house..... Bastards. Oak chips I think would be great except you'd have to be careful of oak wilt, which is especially problematic with red oaks. The city Arborist told me that he never ran in to cases of oak wilt in the city parks and it was only problematic on people's properties. I asked him why that might be so and he theorized it was from people using herbicides on their lawns and told me the parks don't use herbicide.
Thanks!
You want the wood chips to contain the leaves as well to have a good break down affect
You are trying to mimics forest floor