The amount of Nitrogen used by wood chips is very little as they decompose
compared to the amount used by saw dust. Saw dust is small particles with
lots of surfaces that will all start breaking down at once and FRESH saw
dust uses up LOTS of Nitrogen -- so you don't really want to throw it on
your compost pile, either.

If you have so much you want to compost it, just compost it somewhere else
other than in or on your beds or your compost pile. It is the bugs that do
the composting that eat the Nitrogen and once they are done, then you can
add it to your compost pile.

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JimS. wrote:
Is it bad to use cedar chips for groundcover on rosebeds? Does the wood
chip leach nitrogen when it's on the ground surface? And, is the
cedar-water runoff bad for roses?

I have cedar chips in my rose bed. It works well.

J.