Re: Leaf Shredder

**Margaret Lauterbach melauter@earthlink.net>**

Lisa, were I you, I'd have the professional mowers remove the sycamore 
leaves.  Solid information on allelopathy is hard to come by, and there may 
be little to none on sycamores, but a friend has had a lot of trouble 
growing several kinds of plants near a sycamore that grows in her 
neighbor's yard. She's a dedicated composter, but puts the sycamore leaves 
in the trash. Margaret L

>Thanks for the reply Margaret and Janet. Actually, I don't own a mower
>but have 7 huge sycamore trees dropping leaves that normally get mowed
>over (I pay someone to mow my yard). I end up with a lot of unmowed
>leaves though that blow up into my beds around the house and usually
>rake them out (leaving some for winter mulch). I thought it would be
>good to shred them and add to my compost pile (since the leaves are so
>large and I end up with quite a few that I usually add "as is" to the
>compost). They take a while though to decompose this way. I'm not sure
>if this model has a nylon string for cutting, it doesn't say in the
>description.
>
>Here's the url for the item:
>http://www.gardeners.com/sell.asp?ProdGroupID=12979&SC=BNA70036
>
>Thanks again for the advice.
>Lisa
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