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Old 08-08-2006, 04:28 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\) Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\) is offline
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"Linz" wrote in message
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I've only started gardening this year. I have some raised beds, 3m x 1m
each, in which I'm trying 'square foot gardening' (hampered mainly by the
slugs and local cats) and a lot of tubs and pots.

What do I do with spent compost from the pots and tubs? I've been doing a
form of crop rotation in some tubs - peas followed by carrots, for
instance - but I've got a good 100l of compost that I grew potatoes in
that I know I can't grow the next set of potatoes in, in case of disease.
So what can I do with this compost? I'll use some of it to fill up the
raised beds but I can't do that every year. Does it go in the compost bin
to help out there?

I've just realised I can shove a fair bit of it on the borders but even
so, I'll take answers!

A 100L of compost will easily get lost on the raised beds you mentioned.
It's fine on the compost or anywhere in the garden.