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What to do with shreddings
My advice would be not to put ivy shreddings straight onto your bed as even
a small piece of stem can throw off roots , and as i said before you would have the perfect groundcover. Keep in black plastic bags under a bush or hedge for a few weeks just to start the rotting process. regards Cineman "Janet Galpin" wrote in message ... The message from "nambucca" contains these words: AIUI fresh shreddings etc do deplete the soil of nitrogen initially as bacteria rot them down, but when the bacteria die that nitrogen becomes available again. It's not permanently locked up. -- Its much much better to add the shreddings to your compost bin that way you get a good mix of nutrients I understand that, in a perfect world and with more time at my disposal, this would be the best thing to do. At the moment, however, until I retire etc, I could do with one or two short-cuts. Another advantage of putting the ivy shreddings straight onto the beds is that they should be weed-free whereas the same doesn't apply to my compost heap. I'm really wanting to know whether I'm creating any problems for myself in the spring, i.e. that there will be no benefit at all or even that I might have reduced fertility. If there is *some* benefit, given the ease of the procedure, then that will make it worth my while. Thanks Janet G |
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