Thanks for that Erik! Good stuff there!

Cheers,

Yau

"Erik Vastmasd" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:50:48 +1000,when reading "aus.gardens", I'm
certain I caught a glimpse of ""YMC" "
saying:

Hi,

I've got a bit of the kikuyu grass
http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weed...a=all&card=E27

in my lawn. The council planted it as the common nature strip grass and
some
of it has gotten into my garden.

They grow very quickly - I've been weeding them out- and throwing them
into
the council garden waste bins.

But can I put it into my compost bin- or will the grass roots survive and
grow again?

In my neighbourhood I've always had to contend with "kikuyu" as there
was no other option, my lawns and those of my neighbours are all
"kikuyu". I have always composted kikuyu lawn clippings and providing
your compost bin is heating up it will kill off any kikuyu roots.

An alternative I have had great success with is two compost bins
virtually turned into worm farms because I introduced worms that I
purchased from "Bunnings" and they certainly won't allow kikuyu to
survive.

I moved my compost bins into shady areas because too much heat could
kill the worms. I put all my kikuyu lawn clippings in my councils garden
waste bin where they reside for two weeks. After two weeks I move the
clippings into my compost bins. If I was to put the lawn clippings
straight into the compost bins the heat could kill off the worms.

Compost bins with worms need to be kept damp so chucking in a bucket of
water once a week is a good idea also vegetable peels, coffee grounds
etc. and sheets of wet newspaper are excellent for maintaining the food
content and the moisture. Worms love wet cardboard but try to select
cardboard without too much printing.
--

Erik.