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12-05-2003, 03:34 PM

In article ,
(Katharine Mill) writes:
| Any suggestions as to what to do next?
|
| background: I opened the lid of the compost bin this weekend and found
| all these white triffid-like tendrils reaching up out of the dark.
| Very scary. I traced them to a few rotten spuds I chopped up a while
| ago. I haven't done anything about it yet... but growing spuds wasn't
| exactly part of the game plan - tiny garden, etc

They do that ....

| I've read earlier threads about why not to put potato peelings on the
| heap, but since a) it's too late and b) I don't have a veg plot , I'm
| wondering what to do now and what this means about my compost (this is
| my first year gardening).

Not a lot ....

| Is the silo too dry? cold? something else? Will the spuds leech
| nutrients for their growth? (one shoot had even squeezed out through
| the hatch at the bottom and sprung a leaf already).

If it is a 'hot' heap, then it is too cold. Anything they leach
will be returned when you compost them.

| If left to grow, will they produce more potatoes? In how long? And
| without any light? Or will this just take up all the space in the bin?

Not very well without light. Just break off the shoots and carry
on composting :-)

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.