Alot of old timers still post in this forum. And some folks post for them. So i add what they say to the mix and make my own choices.
Jerry Lehman i reckon counts as an ‘old timer’ and he tilled in woodchips in his walkways.
Does it work? Seemed to for him…
Most every pic i see of folks orchards or fruit trees the chips are around the trees…in circles or ‘drip line’ or whatever the common knowledge is.
Mr Lehman seemed to do the opposite…and put his in the walkways. Even going the extra step to till them in. Nothing around his trees except for grass.
Hard to argue with his results.
Lots of threads on this forum and others to NEVER till in woodchips… due to the robbing of Nitrogen etc etc etc. No consensus at all. And another can of worms that i dont want to open.