Weeds for compost? ????

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

  March 2016

  I compost all weeds, except bindweed, ground elder and couch grass. 

  Others avoid things like Dock and other perennial weeds., but I've never had a problem

  Devon.

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• Logan Posts: 2,532

  March 2016

  As long as they aren't flowering or gone to seed or perennial.You could put them in a bucket and soak them in water, make a liquid feed with them

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• baza Posts: 670

  March 2016

  I have to be honest i'm not up to scratch when it comes to variety of weeds i googled what Hostafan1 mentioned and looking at the photo's i only have couch grass and dock.

  i have dug up one weed and the root system tends to go off in all directions which was a pain to dig up what is it?

  Thanks

  Baz

   

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

  March 2016

  can you post a pic?

  Devon.

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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  March 2016

  I chuck everything on and hope for the best. The garden is full of weeds anyway.

  
  
  In the sticks near Peterborough

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• baza Posts: 670

  March 2016

  I can't Hostafan1 all i can tell you is the roots go off in all directions some are up to 2ft you try and pull them up but they are so long you have to dig them up so you can imagine the graft i put in today im knackered he he.They are a pain in the grass he he

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• baza Posts: 670

  March 2016

  I've just googled bindweed roots and they look like them.

  I'll think I'll play it safe and just burn them

  Thanks for your input

  Baz

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

  March 2016

  bindweed roots tend to snap if you pull them, they're kinda brittle. If in doubt dump it  in the council recycling bin.

  Devon.

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• Busy-Lizzie Posts: 24,036

  March 2016

  Please don't, one may escape into someone's garden! Burn them, horrid things, I hate them. They disappear under my stone walls and come out when I'm not looking. Destroyed my asparagus bed.

  Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.

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