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05-10-2019, 04:52 PM
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Old compost.

My garden is all lawn & gravel. Consequently I have nowhere to tip all the old compost from the pots I grew my summer bedding plants in. I've just filled my garden bin with dead geranium plants & sunflowers but had to knock all the soil off as we aren't allowed to put soil in the garden bins..

So - what to do with the old compost?
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05-10-2019, 05:08 PM
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Re: Old compost.

Originally Posted by carol ->
My garden is all lawn & gravel. Consequently I have nowhere to tip all the old compost from the pots I grew my summer bedding plants in. I've just filled my garden bin with dead geranium plants & sunflowers but had to knock all the soil off as we aren't allowed to put soil in the garden bins..

So - what to do with the old compost?

Take it to the recycling tip.
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05-10-2019, 05:54 PM
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Re: Old compost.

I normally spread it over the flower beds and just fork it in, unless it is full of roots.
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05-10-2019, 05:55 PM
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Re: Old compost.

Originally Posted by Longdogs ->
I normally spread it over the flower beds and just fork it in, unless it is full of roots.
Same here.....
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05-10-2019, 06:42 PM
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Re: Old compost.

Me too.
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05-10-2019, 08:59 PM
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Re: Old compost.

If Carol is all lawn and gravel she may not have flower beds, just pots.
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05-10-2019, 09:01 PM
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Re: Old compost.

Originally Posted by Jazzi ->
If Carol is all lawn and gravel she may not have flower beds, just pots.
True Jazzi.
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05-10-2019, 09:06 PM
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Re: Old compost.

Get another bin for it and keep for the following year. Or brush some into the lawn as a top dressing.
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05-10-2019, 11:16 PM
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Re: Old compost.

Originally Posted by Jazzi ->
If Carol is all lawn and gravel she may not have flower beds, just pots.


In that case, if there is nowhere to spread it, it would have to be a run to the tip then.
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05-10-2019, 11:57 PM
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Re: Old compost.

Originally Posted by Longdogs ->
I normally spread it over the flower beds and just fork it in, unless it is full of roots.
Ditto
 
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