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Trimmed roots

tony_trooptony_troop Posts: 3
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Can trimmed roots be used generally in soil or compost?

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    If you're asking if root trimmings can be put on the compost heap, then yes they can.
    If they are thick roots they may take many years to break down though.
    If they're roots from something like a bramble, then I wouldn't as there's a chance you'd end up with a mass of new brambles.

    What sort of roots do you have?

    Billericay - Essex

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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    If you mean the roots of pernicious weeds then no.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • tony_trooptony_troop Posts: 3
    from a pot bound jasmine bush. All the roots are standard, no thick roots
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Yes they'll be fine on the compost heap

    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    As long as the roots aren't attached to viable material of a plant you don't want, they're fine. It's why I wouldn't put in bramble or dandelion roots for example. 
    Attached to a bulb/corm/rhizome, or the crown of a plant, they can still grow if them compost bin suits them. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    If it's J. Beesianum I wouldn't. That thug grows back from virtually nothing.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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