Compost Question...
Last post 23-05-2008 11:19 AM by Phot's-Moll. 4 replies.
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22/05/2008 07:29 PM
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- smileysue
- Sheffield
- 22 May 2008
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I am growing potatoes in sacks (live in rented house, am not allowed to dig up the garden!).
When I have harvested the potatoes, can I re-use the compost? It has taken a lot of compost to fill up the sacks, it seems like such a waste to just throw it away?
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22/05/2008 07:41 PM
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- Digger
- Northern UK
- 18 Jul 2005
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Yes you will be able to re use the compost, it's a bit silly not being allowed to dig in the garden though? the compost will be okay to use either as a mulch or for another crop as long as you can feed the crop as it grows.
digger 
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23/05/2008 08:21 AM
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- smileysue
- Sheffield
- 22 May 2008
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Thanks - so can I store it in a big bin or something?
Yes, I hate not being able to use the ground! But the whole garden is lawned with a greenhouse at the top, and the landlord does not want me to dig up the lawn. Or if I do, I have to replace it if I move - so I went with containers 
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23/05/2008 10:43 AM
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- sue1002
- Ipswich, Suffolk
- 06 Sep 2005
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It seems a bit daft to have provided you with a greenhouse when you can't dig up the ground, but never mind at least you have somewhere to grow tomatoes, and you can make good use of it in the winter too. I use an old kitchen bin to keep my compost in, once we were supplied with the recycling bins my old kitchen bin took too long to fill so bought a smaller one for indoors and the bigger one is up by the shed.
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23/05/2008 11:19 AM
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- Phot's-Moll
- The sunny South coast.
- 06 Jan 2007
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You could use it for pots of spring bulbs (which you could take with you when you move on and then plant out if you're lucky enough to have a usable garden at the next place)
Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.
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