Henriette Kress wrote in message . ..
Grandpa jsdebooATcomcast.net wrote:

I expect it's typically turned into the soil but how about a layer in
the hole where a tomato plant might go for instance? Also, any benefit
to spreading it around the plants on top of the ground?

Tomatoes potatoes chilis and pumpkins/squashes can take compost
straight, so go ahead.
Most other plants will croak if planted in compost - it's just too
strong.

Henriette

Perhaps if you compost kitchen scraps undiluted. But if you mix in
enough leaves the resulting compost will be mellow enough for most
plants.