Posted by 'Mike' on October 3, 2011, 3:37 am
I am taking a specimen Leylandii down and most of it is going through the
shredder.
Question. Will it harm the compost to mix large quantities in? I so what
proportion of mix would anyone recommend?
Mike
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Posted by echinosum on October 3, 2011, 5:54 am
"'Mike'[_4_ Wrote:
> ;938460"]I am taking a specimen Leylandii down and most of it is going
> through the shredder.
>
> Question. Will it harm the compost to mix large quantities in? I so what
>
> proportion of mix would anyone recommend?
Leylandii is very acidic and very slow to break down. So the answer on
what proportion to mix in is "not very much." When I've put some in my
compost bin, I've found it barely altered 3 years later. I take it all
to the tip these days, where they can deal with it.
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echinosum
Posted by Pam Moore on October 3, 2011, 11:33 am
On Mon, 3 Oct 2011 09:54:40 +0000, echinosum
>"'Mike'[_4_ Wrote:
>> ;938460"]I am taking a specimen Leylandii down and most of it is going
>> through the shredder.
>>
>> Question. Will it harm the compost to mix large quantities in? I so what
>>
>> proportion of mix would anyone recommend?
>Leylandii is very acidic and very slow to break down. So the answer on
>what proportion to mix in is "not very much." When I've put some in my
>compost bin, I've found it barely altered 3 years later. I take it all
>to the tip these days, where they can deal with it.
I had a few sackfulls some years ago. I used them on paths on my
allotment. Lasted about 5 years.
Pam in Bristol
Posted by Christina Websell on October 4, 2011, 8:18 pm
> "'Mike'[_4_ Wrote:
>> ;938460"]I am taking a specimen Leylandii down and most of it is going
>> through the shredder.
>>
>> Question. Will it harm the compost to mix large quantities in? I so what
>>
>> proportion of mix would anyone recommend?
> Leylandii is very acidic and very slow to break down. So the answer on
> what proportion to mix in is "not very much." When I've put some in my
> compost bin, I've found it barely altered 3 years later. I take it all
> to the tip these days, where they can deal with it.
If you have a big enough garden so as not be a nuisance, I'd burn it.
Posted by 'Mike' on October 5, 2011, 2:46 am
>>
>> "'Mike'[_4_ Wrote:
>>> ;938460"]I am taking a specimen Leylandii down and most of it is going
>>> through the shredder.
>>>
>>> Question. Will it harm the compost to mix large quantities in? I so what
>>>
>>> proportion of mix would anyone recommend?
>> Leylandii is very acidic and very slow to break down. So the answer on
>> what proportion to mix in is "not very much." When I've put some in my
>> compost bin, I've found it barely altered 3 years later. I take it all
>> to the tip these days, where they can deal with it.
> If you have a big enough garden so as not be a nuisance, I'd burn it.
I am afraid that the days of 'large enough gardens' are over when we moved
into this house. "Postage Stamp" compared to our last house, so bonfires are
out.
I shred what I can of everything. Stuff too big for the shredder gets cut
down and into the boot to either my daughter and son in law's very large
garden and bonfire, or the dump for their shredder.
Mike
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> through the shredder.
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> Question. Will it harm the compost to mix large quantities in? I so what
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> proportion of mix would anyone recommend?