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hi all allotment taking shape now making a compost heap can conifer clipping ok to go on the heap these will be small clippings 
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Yes, just mix them in well with other stuff. They may take time to rot down. Shredding them would speed things up if possible. -
Yup! You'll be making your own ericaceous compost
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nice one thanks......wot the eck is ericaceous compost ?Comment
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Smaller the pieces the quicker it rots.
The bigger the heap to faster it works.
Nitrogenous night watering (wee) helps to get the heap started, and turning it over once a month helps speed things along."...Very dark, is the other side, very dark."
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The back chippings will produce an acid compost, ericaceous. I would use them as a mulch for heathers, rhodendrons or other acid loving plants.Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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thanks for that olorin you live and learnComment
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or you could bung on some lime to raise the phdon't be afraid to innovate and try new things
remember.........only the dead fish go with the flow
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