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How to Use Wood Chips & Shredded Wood for Compost, Mulch & Potting Mix | No Dig Gardening Tips

Wood waste is a fantastic resource in the garden, and how you use it depends on how it’s been processed. In this video I compare wood chip and wood shred, show you how different sizes and freshness affect their decomposition, and explain why the type of tree (even conifer) matters much less than many people think. It's little to do with the type of tree or hedge, and regarding conifer wood, see this study by University of New Hampshire 2019 https://extension.unh.edu/blog/2019/1... Pine needles of pH 3.5 lose their acidity when decomposed by microbes. Pine needles and wood do not make soil acid, so in NH the Pinus strobus grow in soil that is already acidic. I show you sieved 2–3 year old compost I use sometimes for propagation, passed through 4 mm holes. The pile of 3x sieved large wood chips is for sieving again next autumn. The mound of green conifer chip, including much leaf, was delivered 11th August and turned + watered, maintaining a steady 55–60 °C. The heap of 19th June, at 10 weeks old, was 60 °C for 6 weeks, had many green leaves, mostly green woodchip, but needed more water. The 3 days old heap is of shred not chip by a special machine owned by Nurtured Tree & Garden, contact Richard Dear [email protected]. It's all green wood / ramial and was shovelled into the new pallet bin two days ago, 65 °C within a day. Ramial RCW is chipped / shredded branches less than 7 cm (3 inches) in diameter, the most nutritionally rich parts of a plant, containing up to 75% of the tree's minerals, amino acids, and proteins. Alternative options are many, such as using any half-composted wood chip on paths as a thin cover to feed the mycelial soil life and retain moisture + structure. 🎥 Filmed 29th August by Carly Dutton-Edwards 🎵 Music: Rory Dunwoodie, @rorydinwoodiemusic IG: rorydinwoodiemusic Please join this channel with a monthly payment to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members:    / @charlesdowding1nodig   00:00 Intro, using fresh wood as mulch 01:08 3-yr old wood chip sieved to 12mm then 4mm 02:14 Why finer wood chip is more beneficial to soil 0244 Details of a trial using the sieved woodchip 03:26 Pile of wood after being put through 12mm sieve 04:00 Checking the temperature of the heap 04:35 Another pile of woodchip, recently delivered, hotter and moist 06:12 Woodchip as mulch for paths 06:39 Using coniferous wood, no problem 07:49 A 3rd heap, delivered 10 weeks previously, green 08:25 Weeds coming through the heap, how to manage 09:05 A look inside the heap, and possible uses 10:13 A pile of wood shred for use as compost, hot due to more surface area 12:36 Adding water to the heap 13:01 Timing of using woodchip as compost 🌱 More no dig resources: Website & Courses: charlesdowding.co.uk Online Shop: charlesdowding.co.uk/shop Books: charlesdowding.co.uk/books #nodig #composting #woodchip #woodshredder #mulch #soilhealth #charlesdowding #nodiggardening #pottingmix #soillife