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Potato plants in the compost heap.

  • 30-07-2010 08:51AM
    #1
    OldGoat
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    I read somewhere in passing that I should not put harvested potato plants on the compost heap. I can only assume this is to prevent disease from spreading to a future potato crop.
    So, a couple of questions:
    Based on my assumption of preventing disease is it possible to compost potato plants for flowerbeds that are not (nor ever going to be) used for potatoes?
    My second question is to ask if there are any other common plants that should not be put into the compost heaps?

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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  • #2
    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    unless your compost heap gets very hot the only thing you will get is more potato plants,same applies for potato peelings.


  • #3
    Corsendonk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,870 ✭✭✭Corsendonk


    Its not just the disease risk, plants have the ability to grow from any cell. So if your compost heap fails to reach sufficient temperature to pasturise the potato/potato peels that you added to it your flower bed could be full of wild potatoes next year. Remember the definition of a weed is a plant growing were you dont want it to.


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