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Originally Posted by hondoharry
Yes, my thinking was that the clippings would be compost as well as keep the weeds away. I just wonder how the commercial plantations apply it with the area all covered with dead plant material.
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Grass clippings are so thin and break down so fast they are a poor deterrent to weeds in the summer time.
Notice that grass clippings are 2% Nitrogen and Fish Emulsion is only 4%. You could put down an extra pound of grass clippings per plant and skip the Fish Emulsion altogether. The grass clippings have a better nutrient profile anyway, and don't have the trace amounts of heavy metals and machine oils associated with Fish Emulsion.