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Where do you put it - Small chilli - 06-02-2024
When weeding really thick stuff and you got loads of soil & compost matted in with the roots. What do you do with it?
I don’t want to put it on beds because the weeds will just grow. Can’t put it in compost because soil won’t compost down. Again weeds will probably grow unless in a hot composter.
Clumps like this, if anyone isn’t sure what I’m on about
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I’ll get lots of stuff like this when taking all turf off. And big mats of weedy compost when emptying fish boxes.
RE: Where do you put it - Veggie - 06-02-2024
That's the stuff I put in my "heaps" to dry off, usually on a "path". I rake it over, move it along the path, turn it upside down, roll it around. I keep it moving so that the roots can't take hold and the soil dries and drops off the clump. When the top growth is dry, I pile it into a big heap and ignore it!
RE: Where do you put it - Small chilli - 07-02-2024
Unfortunately very few occasions up here when that plan would work. Rains to often. Never dry out.
RE: Where do you put it - toomanytommytoes - 07-02-2024
I used sod to line the bottom of big pots last year. It holds onto water really well. A bit of grass did start growing out of the holes but eventually disappeared.
Soil isn't a bad addition to a compost pile if it's just relatively small amounts. I put the rest of the sod into some dalek bins mixed with coffee and grass clippings. Hopefully the worms are taking care of it.
RE: Where do you put it - JJB - 07-02-2024
I think I'd just put that sort of stuff in its own pile in an out of the way place to disintegrate over time , much like making a turf wall, putting turf upside down in a pile.