Using sawdust for landscaping

05-04-2009, 11:25 AM	#1
tripower Member   Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 323	Using sawdust for landscaping I recently had a stump (hardwood-oak) ground out this past weekend and was wondering if I can used the sawdust that was bored out for anything usefull outside or if I should just take it to the dump?

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05-04-2009, 11:27 AM	#2
Scuba_Dave Xtreme DIY'r   Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South of Boston, MA Posts: 17,248	Using sawdust for landscaping Mix it with grass clippings/leaves & put it somewhere to compost

05-04-2009, 04:29 PM	#3
downunder Don't know it all, yet!   Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Metro Atlanta, GA Posts: 910	Using sawdust for landscaping Or use it as a light mulch. It is not very attractive in most uses. You could mix it in some soil and leave it to break down- but do not use it fresh in the soil where you are planting. It needs to break down first. Or do as SD suggested. Just depends on which is more convenient in your particular situation. __________________ If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. If you wouldn't put your name on it, it ain't done right!

05-04-2009, 09:07 PM	#4
tripower Member   Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 323	Using sawdust for landscaping Quote: Originally Posted by downunder Or use it as a light mulch. It is not very attractive in most uses. You could mix it in some soil and leave it to break down- but do not use it fresh in the soil where you are planting. It needs to break down first. Or do as SD suggested. Just depends on which is more convenient in your particular situation. What about around trees or azaleas (existing)?

05-04-2009, 09:11 PM	#5
Scuba_Dave Xtreme DIY'r   Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South of Boston, MA Posts: 17,248	Using sawdust for landscaping I've used sawdust around different areas before So long as it isn't too thick - or if you can mix it in with what's there Most of my sawdust goes out around my son's play area

05-04-2009, 09:12 PM	#6
Leah Frances Learning by Doing     Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Easton, Maryland Posts: 3,156 Blog Entries: 7	Using sawdust for landscaping Sawdust and wood chips do not compost well. Do not mix them with compost, unless you like sawdust and wood chips in your compost. I just spread a cubic yard of recently chipped spruce stump (RIP) around my azaleas. It's not the worlds most attractive mulch, but it will help to keep the weeds down and protect them. __________________ If I could only remember to THINK about what I was doing before I did it.

05-04-2009, 09:20 PM	#7
Yoyizit It was a dark and stormy     Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NW of D.C. Posts: 5,954	Using sawdust for landscaping It may attract termites.