On Tuesday, 20 March 2012 14:19:02 UTC, shazzbat wrote:
The tree fellers are busy across the road, at long last cutting down a row
of leylandii which this morning were about 10 feet taller than the houses.
They are shredding the branches into a truck, and I'm sure if I asked them
they'd let me have a load. I'm wondering about their suitability as a mulch
for the fruit bushes on the allotment to keep the weeds down. Anybody done
this, and is there a down side? OK, there's always a down side, what's the
down side here?

Steve

No downside - get as much as you can. I prefer to let it rot in a big heap but I don't think that's strictly necessary especially if it's being used on subjects with a lowish nutrient requirement. For fruit I would feed with a high K feed before mulching.

Rod