"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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: In article ,
: Robert wrote:
:
: If they are composted in a compost heap that has generated sufficient
heat,
: it shouldn't matter where you use it provided there is no disease on the
: tree
:
: I compost mine on a cold heap, and the tree had fungus. There are very
: few diseases that will transfer through a compost heap, and effectively
: none from prunings. Almost the only ones that will are soil-borne ones
: with resistant spores, like white rot of alliums - but, with most of
: those, you either have them in your soil or you don't, so it doesn't
: make any difference whether you put them in the compost!
:
:
: Regards,
: Nick Maclaren.

ok thanks for that