"Spider" wrote in message
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Hi Everyone,

Although I have read composting advice which advocates using 'any
material
that was once organic', I always have problems when composting potato
peelings. When I subsequently check on my heap or bins, the potato peel
has
sprouted. Breaking off these sprouts does not seem to help - more just
take
their place!
I don't have any other problems when composting, and usually produce
'good
stuff' from my various bins. A neighbour of mine, when she heard, said
she
would *never* put potato peelings on her heap, so I also stopped.

Your heap is not getting hot enough, a really well made heap will heat up
enough to kill all spouting peel but that heat is not easy to get if you
only add small amounts of material at a time.


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Chris Thomas
West Cork
Ireland