39+ How To Decompose Wood Chips Faster. While fungi and bacteria will naturally make their way to your composting wood chips, you can always speed up the process by inoculating with fungi. Smaller chips from trimmed overgrown bushes or tiny branches in your backyard will decompose faster.
Not all arborist wood chips are chipped to the same size.
Moisture encourages faster breakdown by encouraging bacterial and fungal growth. An equal part of sugar (easy energy) in the mix can jump start the population growth of the decomposition organisms, and a little dirt/unsterilized compost. If this wood is sitting on top of the soil (fallen tree, dropped tree branch and so on) then these mighty bacteria will become active, but only to a depth of around 5mm. Sharpening the chipper blades will help keep your machine running efficiently.