Talkback: Christmas compost

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  October 2008

  Does anybody know if you can compost acorns.

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  October 2008

  Yes John but you might end up with oak trees in your compost unless you stir it up regularly.

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  November 2011

  I have this year installed 2 wooden bins and was thrilled this weekend when emptying one of them to find lots of lovely compost in the bottom. The robins were also very appreciative as I'm sure my plants were.

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• PJ01 Posts: 1

  May 2015

  I have read on a recycling site that you cannot put bread into a compost bin.

  does anyone know why this is ??

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,102

  May 2015

  To be fair Edd, it's not good practice to put bread or any cooked food into a 'normal' garden compost bin - it's almost guaranteed to attract rats!

  Putting it into one of your Hot Composters would be fine of course

  Perhaps rather than 'cannot' the instructions should say 'should not'

  
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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,102

  May 2015

  OK, somehow I'd got it into my head that you had one of those hot bins too!  

  I've got tomato seedlings coming up in my dahlia pots this year 'cos I mixed some homemade compost with the MPC

  
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