The Wee Chipper Club

[david lawrence]

What will you be doing with chips?

small branches plenty leaves ideal for composting ?

[AJStrees]

9 hours ago, david lawrence said:

What will you be doing with chips?

small branches plenty leaves ideal for composting ?

Yes compost and use round the gardens on the estate. 👍

[david lawrence]

If you are going for more compost than mulch how long do you leave it?

do you fiddle on turning it adding muck or anything ?

or just leave it in a pile?

 

i ve gone a bit compost mad and am thinking of using woodchip but am thinking I should ‘precompost’ it for a year before adding to general pile

 

any tips

thanks

[nepia]

I use leafy chip like that - ramial woodchip to give it it's proper name I think - and actually worry more about the condition of the soil more than what I'm putting on top.  I avoid mulching with fresh material during the growing season but if the soil's wet I'll mulch any time with old or new material; depends on what I have to hand.  That fine green stuff composts in weeks

[Pedrod316]

12 hours ago, AJStrees said:

Wee chipper doing some good work 

 

 

Who did you purchase from? 

[Stere]

 

 

I put several tonnes of fresh woodchip  and alot of grass mowings mixed in mulching over 6inch at the base of raspberries in a  approx 10m2 plot it has all completely dissapeared into the soil after  1-2 years.

 

 

 

 

[nepia]

You're going to have to try harder than that to kill raspberries!

[AJStrees]

5 hours ago, Pedrod316 said:

Who did you purchase from? 

Local dealer to me. 

[AJStrees]

11 hours ago, david lawrence said:

If you are going for more compost than mulch how long do you leave it?

do you fiddle on turning it adding muck or anything ?

or just leave it in a pile?

 

i ve gone a bit compost mad and am thinking of using woodchip but am thinking I should ‘precompost’ it for a year before adding to general pile

 

any tips

thanks

I've only just started it with the new chipper, prior to that I just put down the chip on paths around the estate. But I would imagine leaving it and turning it over some time will give you something fairly good as mulch or compost. 

 

👍

[nepia]

Just leave it in a heap; no need to fuss with turning it