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Posted by Louise (U14407364) on Friday, 6th August 2010
This is my first year of growing veg so I'm on a steep learning curve here!
I've been growing poatatoes in containers and the first earlies are now done (and eaten!). All that remains is the compost that they were growing in. Can I reuse this compost anywhere in the garden or does it need binning? It seems a waste to chuck it as there's so much (and more to come when the 2nd earlies and main crop are finished) but I don't want to reuse it and cause myself problems in the future. Thanks, Lou.
Hi
I never throwaway any compost unless something really nasty has happened. I would spread it out around the garden and/or veg patch. Probably not a good idea to reuse it for potatoes immediately - you could add it to the compost bin. Whatever you do don't add it to a landfill site.
Gill
I would spread it round the garden too - as long as there is no sign of blight in the potatoes you gew in it.
Lovely news! Thank you. No sight of any problems so I'll either reuse it straight away or add it to my compost heap and mix it in.
I'm sure one of the posters on here said they grew leeks when potatoes had finished growing.
ooh, if this is true then I like the sound of that! I was wondering what else I could grow now that I've been bitten by the bug!
When my potatoes in sacks were finished I used the compost to earth up the leeks and as a mulch around the apple trees. I grow tomatoes in pots each year and, at the end of the season, I always spread the compost around the borders. My soil is incredibly light and sandy so adding more compost always helps.
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