Compost in pots

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  November 2018

  The fertiliser will be exhausted so it's no good for growing next year's plants in, but it still has organic matter so spread it on a border where it'll do some good.
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  November 2018

  I do exactly as Jenny says. It's put on borders, or used as a base in big pots before they get new stuff put on top. 

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• madpenguin Posts: 2,543

  November 2018

  I sift my old compost to get out all the roots etc and then sprinkle it over my lawn!

  “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings

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• fidgetbones Posts: 17,618

  November 2018

  I use mine to grow Spring bulbs in pots. Just add a handful of fertiliser in Spring to help the bulbs plump up for next year.
  

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• Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713

  November 2018

  We either spread it on a bare patch in the vegetable beds or put it onto the compost heap, either way it is used again.
  

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• JennyJ Posts: 10,576

  November 2018

  Lots of uses then!  I have used old tomato compost to topdress the lawn, but I didn't sift it (too lazy for that!) - I just spread it around with a broom and then swept off the rooty bits.   Putting it in the bottom of big containers for bedding plants or anything else shallow-rooted is a good idea too - I'll use that one sometime.
  

  Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  

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• MartineB Posts: 68

  November 2018

  Thank you everybody. I have just emptied the pots and scatter the compost on flowerbeds. 

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