On 22/04/2012 16:14, The Night Tripper wrote:
Hi All
our garden has very many 'uninvited' alliums - almost rampant with them.
I don't know the actual species, they have very green fleshy stems with
snowdrop-like white flowers. They are starting to grow into the lawn now and
if we don't get a grip I think they will take over...

Luckily they are easily either pulled up (bulbs and all, if the ground is
wet), or the above-ground growth hoed and then collected. I've therefore
ended up with a decent pile of green material from these plants.

I run a few compost bins and I'd like to compost this stuff - if nothing
else to keep all the goodness that these blighters have taken out of the
soil! But I'm concerned that I might end up spreading uncomposted bulbs
around the rest of the garden when I spread the compost around in future
years.

Is this a real risk, and is there anything in particular I can do to avoid
the risk?

Other suggestions for ridding the garden of these blighters very welcome...

Cheers
Jon N




You will need to remove the bulbs as there is a good chance that they
will persist in the compost. You can certainly compost the green leafy
material. It may make the compost rather wet on its own, so either
spread it between your bins or add other material, such as woodier plant
material or shredded cardboard.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay