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Composting

Green recycling

Garden shredders will tidy up your garden. Their innovative technology, high reliability and easy handling are the result of more than 25 years’ accumulated technical know-how. The high-quality cutting systems chop up all kinds of garden waste. Unwieldy branches and bushy twigs are quickly chopped up into easy-to-handle plant residue which you can simply dispose of or re-use as a compost base. You can check out our range of Shredders in the Products page.

compost recipe

The intelligent solution

The cuttings can be used to make environmentally friendly compost. The composted shreddings can be recycled as a valuable natural fertilizer. Turn your garden waste into home-made fertilizer. Mulch and compost contain a number of valuable raw materials that supply your garden soil with important nutrients in a totally natural way.

Stihl’s Ten rules for good compost

  1. Gather the correct proportions of nitrogenous (‘green’) and carbonaceous (‘brown’) plant trimmings – mixing lawn clippings with woody cuttings for example.
  2. Remember compost needs air. Never lay the material in a trench and do not use containers which are closed on all sides.
  3. Do not place the compost heap on a solid base made of stone, concrete, etc. The compost needs an ‘earth connection’, so that earthworms and small organisms can penetrate it.
  4. Earthworms are beneficial to your compost heap and are attracted by phlox and elder for example. Onion skins, chive residues, ground coffee and tea leaves are also favourite foods for earthworms.
  5. Create order in your compost heap. For the bottom layer, pile up coarse shredded material – approximately 20cm high. On top of this add mixed, finer materials such as leaves or shredded material.
  6. Thinly spread lawn clippings – to prevent the danger of decay!
  7. Always cover kitchen waste with soil, as it attracts vermin.
  8. Avoid totally dry conditions as micro-organisms in compost heaps need moisture.
  9. Do not water the compost excessively.
  10. Cover up the finished compost heap.

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