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Hawaiian Volcanic Organic Fully Aged Wood Chips – 10–12 Months

Hawaiian Volcanic Organic Fully Aged Wood Chips – 10–12 Months

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$78.00 USD /per cubic yard
$78.00 USD /per cubic yard
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Naturally Aged for 10–12 Months | Premium Wood Chips for Gardens, Orchards & Established Plantings

Give your garden a more naturally aged ground cover with HVO Fully Aged Wood Chips. Aged for approximately 10–12 months, these wood chips have had additional time to darken, soften, and break down compared with fresher wood chips.

Made from clean chipped tree material, including wood, bark, and leaf, they are a great choice for gardeners who prefer a more aged material for established garden beds, fruit trees, and landscaping.

$78 per cubic yard. Fully mellowed, so you can spread it and plant into it right away instead of waiting months.

Benefits

  • Aged for 10–12 Months: More time for natural decomposition compared with fresh and 5-month-aged chips.
  • Darker, More Mature Appearance: A naturally aged look for garden beds and landscaping.
  • Helps Retain Moisture: Provides a protective covering over the soil.
  • Helps Suppress Weeds: Creates a layer that reduces exposed soil and weed growth.
  • Supports Soil Life: Continues contributing organic material as it breaks down.
  • Clean Tree Material: No ground-up pallets, added dyes, or treated lumber.

Best uses

  • Vegetable garden beds as a surface top-dressing
  • Fruit and nut trees
  • Citrus, avocado, cacao, coffee, and other established trees
  • Raised beds and established planting areas
  • Sheet mulching and no-dig garden projects
  • Refreshing existing garden and landscape beds

How to Apply Around Fruit Trees

  1. Clear grass and weeds around the tree, extending toward the dripline.
  2. Spread approximately 3–4 inches of aged wood chips over the soil surface.
  3. Leave a 3–6 inch gap around the trunk.
  4. Extend the covering toward the tree's dripline.
  5. Water the area if needed and replenish the layer as it breaks down.

Important: Do not pile wood chips against tree trunks or plant stems. Use as a surface covering and avoid incorporating large amounts directly into soil.

Delivery and pickup: Delivered across East Hawaii including Hilo, Keaʻau, Puna, HPP, Mountain View, Ocean View, and Glenwood. Farm pickup is available with an $8 loading fee. Call or text 808-425-0474 for a delivery quote.

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Mulch leaches any chemicals into your soil. Pallets are required to be sprayed with toxic chemicals. Landscape trimmings often contain herbicides and pesticides. Natural wood chips build the soil underneath.

Why Choose HVO Natural Wood Chips? 

Not all ground-cover materials are sourced or processed the same way. HVO Natural Wood Chips are made from chipped tree material, including wood, bark, and leaf.

We focus on clean sourcing and natural material rather than ground-up pallets, treated lumber, or artificially colored product

  • Natural Wood Chips

    • Natural Tree Material: A combination of wood, bark, and leaf.
    • No Added Dyes: Natural material without artificial coloring.
    • No Ground-Up Pallets: We do not use pallet or scrap wood as our wood chip feedstock.
    • Different Aging Options: Choose fresh, 5-month-aged, or 10–12-month-aged wood chips.
    • Garden and Orchard Applications: Useful for surface coverage, moisture retention, and supporting soil life as the material breaks down.

  • Typical Mulch

    ❌ Not landscape trimmings often laced with chemical, and mixed waste

    ❌ Frequently dyed black, brown, or red to look uniform

    ❌ Pallet and scrap wood can carry treatment chemicals

    ❌ Mixed landscape waste can carry herbicide residue

    ❌ Bark and dyed product mostly sit on top as decoration

    ❌ Dyed color fades over time and can bleed onto walks and hands
NATURAL WOOD CHIPS (OURS) TYPICAL MULCH
Made of Whole tree: wood, bark, and leaf Often ground pallets, scrap wood, mixed landscape waste
Additives None, no dye or coloring Frequently dyed for uniform color
Chemical risk Clean trees only Treatment chemicals from pallets, herbicide residue from waste
In the soil Breaks down into living soil, feeds fungi Mostly decorative, slower soil value
Material diversity Wood, bark, and leaf feed a fuller soil food web Uniform ground wood, less biological value
Best role Building soil for gardens and orchards Decorative ground cover

Clean chips build soil. Suspect Mulch leaches toxins. For anyone growing food, that is the whole difference.

Choose the Right Wood Chips for Your Garden

Feature FRESH AGED 5+ MONTHS AGED 10-12 MONTHS
Aging Freshly chipped 5 months or more Approximately 10–12 months
Appearance Fresh natural wood More weathered and darker Generally darker and more broken down
Decomposition Just beginning Partially broken down More advanced decomposition
Best for Large areas and pathways General garden and orchard use Established beds and fruit trees
Price per cubic yard $58 $68 $78
Not sure which one to choose? Fresh chips are a great value for covering larger areas. Choose 5-month-aged chips for a balanced option, or 10–12-month-aged chips for a more naturally aged material.

Aged Wood Chips: How to Use

Aged 10-12 months. Dark, soft, and broken down. Spread it and plant right into it.

🟩 Best Use: Fruit & Nut Trees

Aged, fungal-rich chips feed the soil life that perennial trees partner with. Ideal around citrus, avocado, cacao, coffee, mac nut, ulu, mango, and many more. They hold moisture, cool the root zone, block weeds at the base, and build living soil as they finish breaking down.

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    Clear grass and weeds in a circle around the tree, out to the dripline (the edge of the canopy).

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    Spread chips 3 to 4 inches deep across the ring.

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    Leave a 3 to 6 inch gap of bare soil around the trunk. Do not pile chips against the bark.

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    Extend the ring out to or past the dripline, where the feeder roots are.

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    Water it in, then top up once or thrice a year as the layer thins.

Avoid the mulch volcano. Chips mounded against the trunk trap moisture on the bark and invite rot and pests.
Keep that trunk gap open.

Other Ways to Use

Use Depth
Top-dress veg rows & raised beds 1 to 2 in
Sheet mulch / no-dig beds 3 to 4 in
Refresh tired beds 1 to 2 in
Pathways between beds 3 to 4 in
Ornamentals & natives 3 in
Slope & erosion control 3 to 4 in
Compost carbon (browns) as needed
Soil & potting blend 10 to 20%

Quick Tips

  • Already aged, so surface chips will not rob nitrogen from your plants.
  • Add a little nitrogen only if tilling chips into soil rather than top-dressing.
  • Best for trees, shrubs, and perennials, though top-dressing annuals works fine too.
  • Keep mulch off the crowns and stems of plants, same as tree trunks.
  • Great in dry spells for holding moisture. Watch that stems do not stay constantly wet.
  • Clean chipped tree, wood, bark, and leaf. No pallets, no dye, no treated lumber.

Delivered Across East Hawaii

We deliver to Hilo, Keaʻau, Puna, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Mountain View, Ocean View, and Glenwood. Same-day or next-day service in most areas. Farm pickup is available with an $8 loading fee.

Call or text 808-425-0474

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