On 25/7/06 10:57, in article
, "John"
wrote:

I'm about to do a lot of cutting down of shrubs etc. I will shred most
of it. Usually, I use the shreddings either as surfacing for the path
by the greenhouse, or I put them in the compost heap.

Question: is there any harm in just applying all shreddings straight to
the soil in the borders, as a mulch? That is, fresh from the shredder?

Ta
John

In the archives there's quite a bit of info on this. But basically new bark
chippings take nutrients from the soil as they rot down and this can cause
shrubs to become chlorotic. When we do that sort of shredding here, we pile
the chippings up in a corner for a year and then use them.
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