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Broadback · 10-07-2008, 02:03 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

Sacha wrote:
On 10/7/08 12:08, in article ,
"Terry Pinnell" wrote:

A friend told me recently that you shouldn't put banana skins into the
compost box, as they take many years to degrade. Was he correct
please? We've been including them for a long time and I'm sure we've
not seen any recognisable ex-bananas in our resultant compost.

[Compostible? Compostable? My OED doesn't tell me.]

On the contrary, they're said to be very good for roses especially, so you
could just bury them at the foot of your rose bushes! Must be the potassium
in them, or something. But they are certainly compostable.
While on the subject of composting, but off the topic of banana skins, I
have almost a sack of last years potatoes, will these compost easily?
The reason I ask is that, like I image most people, potatoes springing
up in seed beds are a real nuisance.