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Stupid Question: Where does all the compost go?

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
I've had to top up the compost in my tomato containers a couple of times now. 
Where does it go? 
Does it wash away, get compacted or do the tomatoes 'eat' it?
In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Yes.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    All 3??
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Yes.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Thanks @Obelixx + @philippa smith2 I suppose the small annuals and the like don't have such big appetites as tomatoes and dahlias 😋
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    That would be another Yes!
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    MPC turns to dust so the smaller the particles the less room they take up. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    It isn't a stupid question.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Thank you @josusa47 😊
    When I'm doing mindless gardening tasks, I wonder whys pop into my head. I always get an answer on the forum. A patient and tolerant lot.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    The stuff a plant is made from comes from somewhere - conservation of mass and all that. Some part of it is carbon taken out of the air, but a lot of it is minerals out of the soil. So the plants do 'eat' some of it. 
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
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