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Old 10-07-2008, 02:28 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default Banana skins - compostible?


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Broadback writes:
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| 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.

Fairly easily, and it's only the small ones that you will miss; once
a potato starts to rot, it won't stop half-way. If you can freeze
them or heat them (to, say, 70 Celsius), it will kill them.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.