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Title: compost
Post by: lottie lou on February 24, 2011, 22:36:35
I chucked te compost from the bins I grew my spuds in last year into the compost bin.  Can I use the compost from this bin for spuds/toms this year
Title: Re: compost
Post by: tonybloke on February 24, 2011, 22:40:10
yes
Title: Re: compost
Post by: pigeonseed on February 24, 2011, 22:40:38
I think so, haven't we had a question like this recently? Or am I getting deja vu? Someonse said blight overwinters on living plant tissue, not in soil.

Of course they could have made it up, but it sounded convincing to me.  :)
Title: Re: compost
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on February 24, 2011, 23:44:18
I didn't make it up; the common cources are farmer's outgrade piles - ie potatoes which have been left piled in the field because our ridiculous system made them unsaleable - and accidentals, ie the spuds we miss, and which come up the following year.
Title: Re: compost
Post by: saddad on February 25, 2011, 01:20:16
Man ist was Man isst....   :-X
Title: Re: compost
Post by: pigeonseed on February 26, 2011, 14:04:40
I had a feeling it was you, Robert!

I didn't realise there were piles of scrapped potatoes. You'd think it was worth using them in things like processed foods. But then damaged potatoes are harder to clean and peel I suppose. Are they damaged ones?

I'd have em!
Title: Re: compost
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on February 26, 2011, 15:52:21
I'm not sure; it wasn't a problem last time I worked on the potato harvest!