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Used compost

kev vankev van Posts: 114
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I've got a fair bit of used compost, I could get rid of it but I was hoping to reuse it next year or year after. The compost I have has loads of roots in it and pretty much useless as it is. Any advice on reusing used rooted compost? Cheers 

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I just chuck it on my heavy clay and let the worms get on with it. It improves the texture of the soil if not the nutrients.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    B3 said:
    I just chuck it on my heavy clay and let the worms get on with it. It improves the texture of the soil if not the nutrients.
    I spread it on the veg patch or add it to the compost heap (and then it gets added to the veg patch). 


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





  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Also good on sandy soil. I sometimes spread it over the lawn and brush it in. The rooty bits stay on the top and get picked up and chucked in the compost bin.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I use it anywhere I can - mainly in and around other planting, especially shrubs, or under hedging. If there's a lot of roots, I just chop them a bit with the spade first.
    Clay soil here too, so it's very beneficial  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    I usually sift mine if it has lots of roots and gravel in it.
    Then I just use it on the garden of the lawn as a sol improver.
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I chuck mine in the compost bins
    Devon.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Me too @Hostafan1 I’ve never sifted (sieved)  compost. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • AlchemistAlchemist Posts: 273
    Last year we mixed our used compost to double strength wool
    compost and used it for everything. The compost primarily came from 10 or so large pots used for tulips and it was used for petunias in pots, hanging baskets and dahlias. This worked as well as anything I’ve used before and I intend to repeat this again. 
  • the enduring gardenerthe enduring gardener Posts: 122
    I use it as a top dressing on my lawn.
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