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  Chris Auld July 17, 2014 at 5:53pm

  If you are talking about composted woodchip mulch then yes you can. I sell it as a by product of our tree waste, let me know if you need any info.
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  Lee July 17, 2014 at 8:00pm

  So how due go about mulching selling it due get many problem's
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  Chris Auld July 17, 2014 at 9:16pm

  There are three things you will need if you want to sell woodchip mulch and make any sort of money out of it. A yard to store it, a machine capable of pushing it back and loading it into your truck/tipper trailer and a vehicle suitable for delivering the mulch. I store the woodchip at my yard and use a John Deere 3036E compact tractor with loader to handle it, I then deliver it to the customer in a tipper truck which can take about 6m3 at a time. Whatever vehicle you use you will need some way of tipping it off quickly as it just wouldn't be practical to try and take it out by hand. You will need to leave the chip for around 3-6 months to start to decompose, it will also need to be turned over occasionally to aerate it, that's what makes it turn nice and brown. I sell most of mine through gumtree, website and existing customers. I get £15 a cubic metre for it.

  
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  Paul McNulty July 17, 2014 at 9:40pm

  I was talking to the owner of a large tree business recently. He sells all his chippings for £5 per tonne, collected, to go in to biofuel. Got to be better than maturing them, finding a market to sell properly composted mulch, dealing with loads of small payments?
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  David Cox July 17, 2014 at 11:33pm

  Agreed, In yorkshire currently Good low bark woodchip is going to the powerstations at £11 a tonne, arb waste with lots of bark closer to £5 and the buyer collects and takes - Minimum 10 tonnes / 25 cubic m a time, but if you got the volume it works out well, and if you can make it low bark, very well.
  
  
  
  Paul McNulty said:

  I was talking to the owner of a large tree business recently. He sells all his chippings for £5 per tonne, collected, to go in to biofuel. Got to be better than maturing them, finding a market to sell properly composted mulch, dealing with loads of small payments?
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  Chris Auld July 18, 2014 at 5:41pm

  £5 a ton is only about £1.50 a cubic metre, that's only 10% of what I can get for it as mulch.<
  
  
  
  Paul McNulty said:

  I was talking to the owner of a large tree business recently. He sells all his chippings for £5 per tonne, collected, to go in to biofuel. Got to be better than maturing them, finding a market to sell properly composted mulch, dealing with loads of small payments?
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  David Cox July 18, 2014 at 11:06pm

  I suppose it depends on volume - some busineses In the yorkshire area are creating upwards of 30 cube a week of wood chip - Thats fare more mulch volume than the market can take ... it makes sense to sell abit at a good margin and shift the rest, otherwise youl have alot to burn!
  
  
  
  Chris Auld said:

  £5 a ton is only about £1.50 a cubic metre, that's only 10% of what I can get for it as mulch.br/>
  
  Paul McNulty said:

  I was talking to the owner of a large tree business recently. He sells all his chippings for £5 per tonne, collected, to go in to biofuel. Got to be better than maturing them, finding a market to sell properly composted mulch, dealing with loads of small payments?
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  Chris Auld July 19, 2014 at 7:25am

  Yes I suppose if your producing more than you can sell then it makes sense. So far I have been able to either sell it or use it in my customers gardens as fast as ive been producing it.
  
  
  
  David Cox said:

  I suppose it depends on volume - some busineses In the yorkshire area are creating upwards of 30 cube a week of wood chip - Thats fare more mulch volume than the market can take ... it makes sense to sell abit at a good margin and shift the rest, otherwise youl have alot to burn!
  
  
  
  Chris Auld said:

  £5 a ton is only about £1.50 a cubic metre, that's only 10% of what I can get for it as mulch.br/>
  
  Paul McNulty said:

  I was talking to the owner of a large tree business recently. He sells all his chippings for £5 per tonne, collected, to go in to biofuel. Got to be better than maturing them, finding a market to sell properly composted mulch, dealing with loads of small payments?
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  Jennifer O'Riley July 22, 2014 at 9:57pm

  Does it really need to be matured? I'm a fan of the Garden Professors' blog and they have a lot of research on how beneficial "arborist mulch" is. Also debunking many of the myths e.g. that uncomposted woodchip can harbour pathogens, eat up the soil nitrogen etc. I use it fresh because I don't have a yard to compost it. I guess it looks a bit prettier with age, but it's not bad looking even at the stage when the bits of leaf are mouldy it has a silvery appearance.  You do have to be aware of breathing the mould spores if you work with it at this stage.  I don't particularly make money out of it, but it's a good service to offer when I can sort out the logistics and some tree surgeons will drop it off for free. It's good practice for the environment.