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How do you compost palm trees?

Updated: 10/9/2023
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9y ago

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You can compost anything organic.. the question is how long will it take.. If that's not an issue and you have the space, then go ahead and through it in the pile. Personally, I'd split the wood and run it through a chipper first... that would get you headed in the right direction. Careful though.. palm is very fibrous and tends to clog chippers...

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Composting palm trees is a great way to improve the environment. Composting brings vital nutrition to soil and can make a regular garden into a fantastic garden! At RealPalmTrees we do our best to compost all of our trees and create mulch from them as well.

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Cutting into pieces which are no larger than hand-sized and which contain no diseased or germinating parts is the way to compost palm trees. It will be important to ensure proper aeration, layering, and moisturization since exact temperature ranges must be observed to ensure decomposition of complex carbohydrates, fats, and proteins by mesophilic (moderate temperature-thriving) and thermophilic (high temperature-thriving) bacteria between 32 and 140°F (0 and 60°C) and -- super-critical in the case of woody plants such as palm trees -- of complex organics (cellulose, chitin, lignin, protein) by actinomycetes bacteria and saprophytic fungi.

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