pine is high in acid, spread it around as mulch, left in clumps only acidic
type plantings will thrive. pine is also rot resistant, will make lousy
compost and takes years to break down.
poplar will decompose in months, has no rot resistance which is why its
never used in exposed construction outside of the sahara.
"Phisherman" wrote in message
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 12:14:47 -0600, "RB"
wrote:

Just finished having a bunch of stumps ground off. They were associated
with big pine trees, and were storm damage aftermath.

The grinding process has left fairly large piles of shavings/chips. My
inclination is simply to spread those out around the crater areas,
instead
of removing and disposing of.

Is this a good solution? I've got a drag harrow type thing that, towed
by
my tractor, will make quick work of spreading and levelling, if that's an
acceptable thing to do with this kind of leavings


Pile them up into a heap. In six months or so, they will become
compost. If you can mix grass clipping to the heap, it will
considerably speed up the process. If you do not compost the chips
first, they will tend to draw nitrogen out of the soil.