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Garden Shredders
Ashdale
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We are coming to the conclusion that we can’t manage for much longer without a shredder for composting material. we don’t know what to buy, what to avoid, how much we need to spend. We have quite a lot of woody material every year that is too thin for kindling. Any advice or shared experience would be very helpful. Thanks.
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A lot depends on how much material you have. I have a small electric shredder & its enough for me if you have a lot then you might need something bigger. I think there was a review of them in GW not that long ago if not try gardening Which for recommendations.
I got one of these a couple of years ago.
It's surprisingly quiet and ideal for woody material. It won't shred purely green stuff like weeds/plants, but munches through woody stuff quickly and quietly.
I put several pyracantha's through it then into the compost bins. After a year, the shreddings are still identifiable (thankfully the thorns have mostly rotted). It's no use as proper compost, but great as a mulch.
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-Quiet-Shredder-Cutting-Capacity/dp/B00D43EF06/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?s=outdoors&ie=UTF8&qid=1518780765&sr=1-2-spons&keywords=bosch+shredder&psc=1
Good advice from this guy-
http://www.fredshed.co.uk/boschshredders.htm
Last edited: 16 February 2018 11:40:22
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
A high speed rotary shredder is best for soft leafy material but if you have woody and twiggy material then a geared type is much better
We've had this one since 2011 it’s still as good, we turned the blade over once then only had to buy one new one since then.
We have lots of shrubs in a very big garden so it’s had a lot of work
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001123CCO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
We've got a Bosch quiet shredder, from memory about £160. It's fine for thinnish fairly straight woody branches, won't cope with too many leaves on them or thick twisted bits and knobs, but otherwise it's find for what we need. Had it about 7 or 8 yrs now. Works on Archimedes screw principle, e.g branches go down round and round the screw. We use a plastic trug/tub to catch the bits which we use as mulch on the paths.