I don’t put anything tomato related in the compost, they do germinate next year, mind you, they make lovely strong plants, better than when you mess about getting everything just right for them. We don’t have food waste here, everything gets eaten.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Everything food related goes in the compost bin apart from meat. Veg peelings, apple cores, tea bags, grape stalks etc etc. Why are you rinsing egg shells!
I doubt tomato seeds would germinate in my compost bin, but the seeds get eaten anyway
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That was a shame B3. They’re usually tougher plants when gown like that. No blight here so far, never had it, maybe it’s very airy up here, as in windy and I don’t suppose there’s anyone around growing them, I don’t know how far blight can travel but we are quite a way from any other houses.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I put all raw fruit and veg bits in the compost. Tomato plants from seeds and potatoes from eyes in the peelings are easy to weed out and chuck back in the compost bin, and I don't find citrus peel causes any problem (at a rate of about one grapefruit or one large orange every day plus a few satsumas now and then). I don't know about banana skins - we don't eat those.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Between my husband, the dogs and the rabbit, we really don't have a lot of food waste. I made the mistake of telling my OH that crushed egg shell deters slugs. We now have half a litre of carefully washed and crushed eggshells next to the sink. I'm thinking of pointing out the sink is not really a slug hotspot, and maybe next to some plants would be better!
I'm afraid it would be too cold in spring for toms to germinate here in the compost when I spread it. Snows/freezes here in April quite regularly I eat a lot of bananas - all skins go in the compost. They break down quite readily from what I can see. No amount of eggshells stops slugs
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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We don’t have food waste here, everything gets eaten.
Veg peelings, apple cores, tea bags, grape stalks etc etc.
Why are you rinsing egg shells!
I doubt tomato seeds would germinate in my compost bin, but the seeds get eaten anyway
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
No blight here so far, never had it, maybe it’s very airy up here, as in windy and I don’t suppose there’s anyone around growing them, I don’t know how far blight can travel but we are quite a way from any other houses.
I eat a lot of bananas - all skins go in the compost. They break down quite readily from what I can see.
No amount of eggshells stops slugs
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...