How do you cut up material for composting?

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• BobTheGardener Posts: 11,385

  August 2020 edited August 2020

  A 20+ year old Alko impact shredder here which works great but I do have 2 sets of the reversible blades and keep them sharp using an oil stone.  Works great - there is a technique to using them though and I've found it's best to push softer green stuff through using branches and dried tall stems etc., which also creates the perfect mix on-the-fly, so it is ready to use as a mulch in 3 months.
  

  
  

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• Cloggie Posts: 1,457

  August 2020

  Is that what I was trying to describe?  An "impact shredder"?  I wouldn't be without mine, it's great but not an Alko - aren't they the RR of shredders?

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• josusa47 Posts: 3,530

  August 2020

  I just tried mowing the compost material and the grass at the same time, and it worked fairly well.  I still had to pull a few long twiggy bits out of the grass box and go over them again, but I think I'll be sticking to this method in future.  Especially as the two tasks arise at the same season.  Thank you everyone for your advice.

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• Obelixx Posts: 30,090

  August 2020

  Do you clean your hover mower?   We find when the grass is moist that it builds up a sticky layer of soggy grass and that reduces hover power.

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• josusa47 Posts: 3,530

  August 2020

  Yes I do.  A satisfying task; sometimes the compacted grass can be peeled off like a skin.

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