pots

[stocko75]

hi,what would be the best thing to do with the potatoes that have got slug holes and the tops off the potato plants?
last year i put them in compost heap and it got overtaken with potato plants!
any advice aprreciated ??? thanks x

[stocko75]

[queenbee]

We did the same thing and the whole compost heap sprouted potatoes, We now put them in our Brown Compost Bin which the council collect every two weeks. I do hope this stuff is sterilised  before it is sold as compost as I have just put in some turnips with club root. Does anyone know what happens to the garden waste before it is bagged?

[Chrispy]

The food waste collected by the council should be composted at a very high temperate to kill and seeds or pathogens.

I stick my unwanted spuds in my 'darlek' compost bin, they do sprout, but an occasional poke with a spade to break them up soon puts a stop to them.