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mulching-with-conifer-chippings

chickychicky Posts: 10,409
in Tools and techniques

We are digging a new bed to plant a belt of trees - acers, liquidambers and birch.  Would it be ok to mulch with chippings from a leylandii hedge we have just felled ?

Many thanks

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  • addictaddict Posts: 659

    image Would wait til weathered a bit. Too raw could take rather than replace nutrients, I think, unless someone else knows different.

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,099

    I think that's right addict. You're supposed to leave any woody chippings for a while before you use them as mulch. Probably just pile them up and store them for a bit chicky?

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  • chickychicky Posts: 10,409

    Thanks addict and FG - great advice - will store the bags out of the way for a while and think about using them next autumn.

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