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What to do with shreddings
"Janet Galpin" wrote in message ... "Janet Galpin" wrote in message ... I have just generated a few sackfuls of ivy shreddings. It's good stuff - a nice mixture of woody and leafy, and quite fine. I would normally simply add the shreddings to my compost heap. However, I'm wondering whether to put them straight onto some vegetable beds and cover with black polythene in the hope that they will be reasonably well rotted down by springtime. I'm just a bit concerned that in rotting they will deplete the soil of nitrogen, or is that just a temporary effect when they're very fresh? Janet G The message from "cineman" contains these words: Rot down first otherwise the ivy could very well root and "Bingo" perfect ground cover. Try tying in black polythene sacks for a month or so to start the breakdown process. poke a few small holes for drainage. regards Cineman The ivy is quite finely shredded. I wouldn't have thought it could root from shreddings. I was hoping that covering with black polythene would create the same kind of conditions as keeping them in black polythene sacks. Janet G I always put mine straight on, shredded ivy wont root, but beware if there were any seed heads, made that mistake one year and had a wonderful crop of ivy seedlings (the blackbirds really don't need any help with that job!) -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
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