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    Before I carry on is this ok to do??

    Right as the war on weeds continued this year, I have now raised bed'd most areas of the allotment, and I am now starting to lay down weed supressor and use hedge prunings and small branches chopped up by my garden shredder as a path maker.

    Is there anything wrong with this before I go full shred ahead?? Also can this be used around fruit trees/bushes?? Or plants?

    Many Thanks.
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    nothing wrong with that. I wouldn't bother putting round fruit trees or bushes, because i'll be chucking compost around mine. But that doesn't mean it's wrong.
    Someone will be along shortly

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    • #3
      Brilliant, I shall continue at the weekend.

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      • #4
        The bark/shrub prunings will of course rot down after a year or two. The trouble with putting shreddings around plants is that as it rots it takes nitrogen out of the soil ~ away from the plants. Best to use bark on the paths and well-rotted compost on the plants.
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          Ahh, thought I had read something about that, I will stick to just paths with it then, it doesn't half make the allotment look neater and tiedier.

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          • #6
            We've just weed proofed and chipped our allotment paths. We tend to follow open back lorries with chippers on - have done it three times this summer when we've chanced upon seeing one. So if in Derbyshire/Staffordshire and you see a black car with a red faced, slightly embarrassed lady (yes I am) and a couldn't give a toss, brass necked Yorkshire something for nothing guy hijacking a chipper lorry - you know it's me:-)
            Pleased with the finished product though!
            Last edited by VirginVegGrower; 19-08-2011, 12:17 PM.
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            • #7
              It does look very nice, before I bought the shredder I did try the local tree surgeons, but health and saftey of something prevented them from keeping the chippings onsite anymore.

              Luckily I have plenty of hedges and tree prunings to go at for the foreseeable future.

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