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Conifer
Oct 15, 2014 12:11:57 GMT -5
Post by meandtk on Oct 15, 2014 12:11:57 GMT -5
t.co/PGlQ4fYFIAAny special instructions regarding composting the prickly leaves from this conifer?
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Post by paquebot on Oct 16, 2014 0:23:47 GMT -5
I didn't see where it mentioned the name of it but I understand the question. Many of the flora with hard or prickly leaves and thorns are easily defeated by shredding. That doesn't mean being reduced to sawdust but may be merely bruising. Like an egg, they are designed to protect from the outside but very vulnerable when attacked from the inside. If you have a mulching-bagging mower, run them through a couple times and that will be sufficient. If there are enough for a hot compost batch, the heat will break down any which the mower missed.
Martin
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Conifer
Oct 16, 2014 9:00:29 GMT -5
Post by meandtk on Oct 16, 2014 9:00:29 GMT -5
I actually don't know the name. My grandparents planted it decades ago. It's Japanese pine or Spanish pine, I've been told. The small cones are no problem, but the leaves are. Instead of pine needles, they are leaf like with many sharp points.
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Post by paulf on Oct 16, 2014 10:36:49 GMT -5
The only way I put conifer leaves or needles in my compost is to first run them through my chipper/shredder a couple of times. I can't get them to decompose otherwise. Mostly it is too much hassle so I just burn them and apply the ashes to the pile. Not patient enough, I guess.
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Post by daylilydude on Oct 17, 2014 20:13:26 GMT -5
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Post by coppice on Oct 22, 2014 7:03:07 GMT -5
I'd use conifer duff in leu of mulch. It will soften as it gets a bacterial population on the needles and is kept moist.
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Conifer
Oct 22, 2014 17:05:19 GMT -5
Post by meandtk on Oct 22, 2014 17:05:19 GMT -5
Thanks!
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