You've chipped it, now what?

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BigDogues

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You\'ve chipped it, now what?

Okay, all you guys that bought a good size chipper, what do you do with all of those chips? Mulch, compost, sell, dump, or burn? Anyone burning them for heat? If so what kind of a rig are you burning them with?
 
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I have burned them in a outside boiler. I just filled up a 50lb sunflower seed bag and threw the whole thing in, lasted 12 hrs. I use them for garden mulch, fill in low spots in woods road. Some people perfer organic mulch, so there is a sales market for them.
 
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great smothing woodroads or atv trails
ALAN
 
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So far, I've used it only for mulch. I could use 3 times what I've got, so no problem getting rid of the stuff.

Cliff
 
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I use it for trails. Keeps the weeds/mud down.
 
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I just tilled all the chips I could get into the vegetable garden.
 
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I'll be using mine for mulch - like Cliff I could use way more than what I have so no problem getting rid of it.
 
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I use it for mulch and trails. I've chipped well over 10 yards in the last year and can't make it fast enough to keep up with use.
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I just tilled all the chips I could get into the vegetable garden. )</font>

I thought that tilling them into the soil bound up the nitrogen. I scrape them off when planting or cultivating around the garden, but use them liberally as a top dressing mulch.

I also use chips as mulch for fruit trees, on walking paths, and they are great for keeping dust down on roads and trails in summer and to absorb some moisture from wet areas during the winter.
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I thought that tilling them into the soil bound up the nitrogen )</font>

Yep, I've heard that, but I did it anyway and had a fine garden. Of course I did have some old cow manure and some rabbit manure I tilled in also.
 
 
 
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