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Composting Brambles

Nigel103Nigel103 Posts: 43
in Problem solving
Can you add chopped brambles to a compost heap, or is it better to create a separate pile just for the brambles? I'm in no rush to use the resulting compost. Thanks.

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  • PurpleRosePurpleRose Posts: 538
    Hi

    I would not put brambles on the compost heap. It is one of the few plants that I would not add. Any bramble trimmings go into my garden waste collection bin.
  • Nigel103Nigel103 Posts: 43
    Perhaps I should add that it's probably a couple of skip fullsl
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Brambles make good compost when put through a shredder and mixed with grass cuttings.  I wouldn't put lengths in, they will probably root.
  • InglezinhoInglezinho Posts: 568
    What would worry me is there would be seeds in it.
    Everyone likes butterflies. Nobody likes caterpillars.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I only get a few brambles popping up (courtesy of the birds dropping the seed plus fertiliser) but I put them in the council green bin. Too prickly to be wrestling them into the shredder.

    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    I'd put them in a skip. A small amount, well chopped might be ok, but you have loads.
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    I put mine through the shredder. They chop up quite well, and then I can put them in the green waste bin. If I didn’t shred them , the bin would be full in a couple of hours!
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