Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article ,
swroot wrote:
Pinot Grigio wrote:

What do you do with what I call dirty weeds. You know the type that if
they go on the compost heap, they just wait to multiply and spread
elsewhere when the compost goes back on the garden.
I have usually put a small bag of such weeds in with the weekly rubbish
collection but probably won't be able to do that soon with a change in
rubbish collections. I also read that buried weeds don't break down
when buried in landfill sites.

I lay odds they do, unless the site is anaerobic in which case they'll
still be dead but preserved for future generations to ponder.

Agreed.

I rather like the thought of archaelogists millennia hence pondering the
ritual nature of our landfill sites.

I believe there are compost bins that turn out a liquid fertilizer.
Would one of these work for problem weeds?

Don't know. If possible I leave bindweed roots on the patio/path until
the sun bakes them dry (usually by the end of the day; I don't do
serious weeding in the rain) and then compost them as usual.

I just heave 'em on. Pretty well the only things that I avoid are
nettles that have been allowed to ripen their seed - and I don't let
them get that far!

Very, very few weeds will survive in a compost heap, though a fair
number will survive at the edges, and many of the tougher ripe seeds
will still be viable after composting. I compost lots of ground elder
and both kinds of bindweed, and they all just vanish.

I don't yet trust my composting skills :-)
Aren't you supposed to eat the Ground Elder?

If I can't do that, or it's something with seeds, then the weeds are
stored in a lidded bin/in the garage until I remember I'll be passing
the tip, at which point I add them to the 'green waste' compacter. In
this county green waste is either roughly composted, then spread on
fields farmed using glyphosate (they don't have to worry about problem
weeds) or processed using anaerobic digestion.

You can do that yourself, very easily, though the smell isn't attar
of roses :-)

Do tell... I thought it's very difficult to maintain the correct
bacterial fauna, conditions, etc?


regards
sarah


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