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
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.
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.
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!