Wood Pellets

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Wood Pellets

Postby LitchfieldHills » October 13th, 2011, 10:06 am

Any thoughts about using wood pellets on my lawn? I have a wood pellet stove, and get about 3 tons delivered every fall for heat. I always end up with 1-20 bags left over at the end of the heating season. While I save them, every year 2-5 bags end up damaged, so the pellets start going back to sawdust. Would spreading this on the lawn help with OM %, without affecting it negatively in some way?
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Re: Wood Pellets

Postby bpgreen » October 13th, 2011, 11:24 am

They'd add organic matter and would be fine to spread on the lawn. If you wanted to till them in (for example in the garden) you'd need to add a nitrogen source to help them break down, but they're fine on the surface
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Re: Wood Pellets

Postby HanLawn » October 13th, 2011, 11:41 am

Not sure how much difference it makes,but wood stove pellets are usually made out of hardwood VS the softwood{pine} pellets used for horse stalls that many here have experimented with this season.
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