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My problem is not that I don't want to compost - I am just not sure which weeds I can and cannot put in. I know I can't put bindweed and similar in. I hear the phrase perenial weeds but to be honest I don't know which ones these are. My problem is compounded because I do not know the names of the weeds so when I read answers that mention them I am none the wiser really. So, I usually end up sending quite a bit of stuff I know I could compost to the council tip in their garden waste space. Yes I am ashamed!! :-[ :-[twinkletoes
Is a veg/fruit plot sustainable without manure in the long term?
I compost all material ( except for diseased and highly pernicous weeds)from the garden and house.
My father always had vegetable plots and being of the old school, never spent money unnecessarily and never bought or acquired manure in his life.
not enough organic matter to hold onto nutrients,
i am now a bit wary of farmyard manure with this recent weedkiller contamination problem.
I think we should all be very wary of buying in any manure/compost products.
I compost everything pretty much apart from brassica stems.
I don’t want to sound complacent on this one and I do respect the issue but when you consider all the other things we eat/drink that are treated (contaminated if you like) we would starve or die of thirst if we avoided them.
I always think in terms of; where my bodies immune system keeps control of all these unknown additives I think a plants immune system will do so as well.
I am interested in enriching my compost Robert, where do you get your rats from?
If Im worried about weeds growing in the compost I simply lay them on some black plastic for a few days so the sun kills the roots then I compost EVERYTHING. :)