Dennis Bangham wrote:I have around 16 yards of very old wood chips that have turned into a fine soil like consistency.
I would like to use it next year for potting soil for Pawpaw and Persimmon tree seedlings.
From my experience, there is such a thing as "too much of a good thing". I have found that adding some "real dirt" (mix of clay and sand mostly) to my seed starting mix, rather than it being 100% compost/coir/etc, the seeds seem to do better. Similarly, tall raised beds where plant roots couldn't reach the soil, or mini-hugels covered all with compost and no dirt, haven't done well in my ecosystem. When I added shovelfuls of our crappy clay soil sprinkled through the layers of compost and wood, the beds did much better.
It doesn't take a lot. My brain is estimating 10% (but my brain sometimes lies... I don't exactly measure when doing jobs like that!)
You could do a test with spare or cheap seeds like beans and see how they respond? Even seeds from any local fruit would give you some idea this year, whether the plants look happy.