woodchip vs mulch

[Dodge]

May sound like a dumb question (and prob is) but what do you class as wood chip?

we have a small timberwolf 13/75 for small jobs and bring in a 230 for the bigger stuff so if I stuff a laylandii through it most of the "chip" is green leaf I would class that as Mulch same as if I processed laurel, but if we feed the best part of a Ash through then again there is a lot of green waste with wood so would you call this wood chip or mulch ? only asking as we are looking to offer (read that as offload) some to allotments and horse owners but not sure as to what to call it, if it has a high level of foliage is it chip or mulch ?

[agg221]

It is chip, what you do with it is mulch. Mulching is laying down a layer over a surface.

 

I would have a quick chat with your potential 'clients' to find out what they would and would not like. For example, if the allotment holders are looking to form paths then high levels of woody material are most useful whereas if they want to compost it down for use around plants then plenty of leafy matter will go faster. Horse owners may be more picky about what they can and can't use.

 

You may find you can offload most of it, but perhaps into different sites/different piles. Not much extra effort and it will keep the site available a lot longer if your 'customers' are happy.

 

Not many will take blackthorn, hawthorn or holly (you need a farmer for that lot). I use it on an arable field where anything goes and around fruit trees so for the latter I actually welcome thorny stuff as the rabbits don't like it.

 

Alec

[skyhuck]

I think the bigger confusion is between "bark"/"barkchippings" and "chip"/"Woodchip".

 

I often get asked "do you have barkchippings"? I always make it very clear mine is not bark, it's Woodchip. And explain some is very woody and some has much less woody and a lot of foliage. Conifer is also often not wanted by some, so I always make clear what the load they are getting is.

[richy_B]

We use the term 'shred' for when is mainly leaf. For example we run all our basal and epicormic pruning through a chipper or shredder and what you get is 'shred'.

[Dodge]

Cheers guys for the reply's I will have to clarify with the people I know the horsey folks are particular on the species/type

Thanks again

Rog

[Mark Bolam]

Horsey folk are particular because of toxic stuff like laurel, yew and sycamore.

 

Huck's take on it is the same as mine.

[ostosix]

Found this thread useful as well cheers