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Ah ok.
I woodchip as much as I can. I have probably filled about 20 big builders bags (the ones that are about 1 cubic metre) over the last year, still not enough though.
If it is shredded with the leaves on and is left in a bag for sometime it gets very hot and decomposes to something nearing compost quite quickly.
More woody stems and chipping during the winter, so less leaves and sap makes a chip that lasts much longer in the bags.
Anything over about 1.5 inches diameter I consider to be choppable into firewood unless it is very wiggly shaped, so I don’t chip any bigger stuff.
If I want to make fast rotting compost I drag some fallen dead, half rotten branches from the hedge and blast those through the chipper too. This seems to inoculate the bag of wood chip pretty well with spores and bacteria.
