Topic: conifer shreddings

[ajb]

I am the delighted owner of a *huge* amount of conifer shreddings, after cutting a 20ft hedge to a more manageable size and spending the whole of the bank holiday weekend shoving them through a hired chipper.

I've got about 2 cubic metres composting already and steaming away happily after only a few days. However, I've got at least 3 times as much left and my composting area is full!

Has anyone used them as mulch?

I figure they'll be fine under the (remains of) the conifers - and I've used them to crush the weeds on my newly acquired vegetable beds, which probably won't be in use until next year.   Or am I likely to run into trouble with it?

ajb

[isbister]

I think conifer clippings/shreddings take an awful long time to compost, also I think they're a bit acid, personally I'd chuck them back under the hedge they came from.

[Fork]

They do take ages to rot down.The sap is poisonous too.

I dont think I would bother composting,just bag up and get rid.

[Deb P]

Strawberries like them as a mulch because of the acidity, that's where our Christmas tree ended up this year and they did very well!