Re: Advice on shredders
- To: M*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Advice on shredders
- From: R* F* D*
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 00:03:57 -0400 (EDT)
At 09:50 PM 10/11/1999 EDT, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 10/11/99 1:10:40 AM, theryans@xtra.co.nz writes:
>
><< We regularly shred live prunings from our property and often use them as
>instant mulch on garden beds with no precautions. Far from robbing the
>ground they act as a good feeding mulch and break down to humus in a
>very short time. >>
>
>Does this mean I should put my neighbor's grass clippings down right away,
>and not wait until it dries out and turns brown?
>
>Nancy
Nancy:
Grass clippings, especially from a well-fertilized lawn, can have so much
nitrogen in them that large piles of them that have become too wet decay
anaerobically and emit as bad a stench as any manure I've ever experienced
(I grew up on a dairy farm).
One good way to use them is to mix them with dried leaves as a quick
compost. This will make good use of the extra nitrogen, and the heat of
fermentation will help kill off grass and weed seeds.
Richard F. Dufresne
313 Spur Road
Greensboro, NC 27406
336-674-3105
