Can compost be too old to use?
 

Hi all,

I have been given free use of part of a garden for growing my own
vegetables. The elderly owner of the garden has two dustbins full of
old compost sitting in one corner of the garden. The compost was
apparently made from a mixture of garden trimmings and kitchen waste.
Unfortunately, it's been sitting there with lids on for several years,
and now looks like a grim, brown slimey mess, with an inch or two of
liquid on top!

Is this still good for spreading on my prepared vegetable patch, or
should I dump it?

There's a pile of rotted grass-trimming compost, probably three years
old. I was thinking of trying to mix the two together and spreading
the resulting concoction on my veggie beds. What do you think?

Thank you,

JD

Can compost be too old to use?
 

"JakeD" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I have been given free use of part of a garden for growing my own
vegetables. The elderly owner of the garden has two dustbins full of
old compost sitting in one corner of the garden. The compost was
apparently made from a mixture of garden trimmings and kitchen waste.
Unfortunately, it's been sitting there with lids on for several years,
and now looks like a grim, brown slimey mess, with an inch or two of
liquid on top!

Is this still good for spreading on my prepared vegetable patch, or
should I dump it?

Use it, do not dump it!

There's a pile of rotted grass-trimming compost, probably three years
old. I was thinking of trying to mix the two together and spreading
the resulting concoction on my veggie beds. What do you think?

That as well!

Can compost be too old to use?
 

No, use it!

--

Baal

I smile and go off waving
(Amiably) - for that's my way
"JakeD" wrote in message
...

Hi all,

I have been given free use of part of a garden for growing my own
vegetables. The elderly owner of the garden has two dustbins full of
old compost sitting in one corner of the garden. The compost was
apparently made from a mixture of garden trimmings and kitchen waste.
Unfortunately, it's been sitting there with lids on for several years,
and now looks like a grim, brown slimey mess, with an inch or two of
liquid on top!

Is this still good for spreading on my prepared vegetable patch, or
should I dump it?

There's a pile of rotted grass-trimming compost, probably three years
old. I was thinking of trying to mix the two together and spreading
the resulting concoction on my veggie beds. What do you think?

Thank you,

JD



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Can compost be too old to use?
 

"JakeD" wrote in message
...

Hi all,

I have been given free use of part of a garden for growing my own
vegetables. The elderly owner of the garden has two dustbins full of
old compost sitting in one corner of the garden. The compost was
apparently made from a mixture of garden trimmings and kitchen waste.
Unfortunately, it's been sitting there with lids on for several years,
and now looks like a grim, brown slimey mess, with an inch or two of
liquid on top!

Is this still good for spreading on my prepared vegetable patch, or
should I dump it?

There's a pile of rotted grass-trimming compost, probably three years
old. I was thinking of trying to mix the two together and spreading
the resulting concoction on my veggie beds. What do you think?

I would bury it under the bed rather than spread it but certainly not dump
it.


--
Chris, West Cork, Ireland.
A little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

Can compost be too old to use?
 

"Cerumen" wrote in message
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I would bury it under the bed

....I'd use it in the garden.

Can compost be too old to use?
 

In reply to CWatters ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

"Cerumen" wrote in message
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I would bury it under the bed

...I'd use it in the garden.

ROFL!

Can compost be too old to use?
 

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 05:00:16 +0100, "Cerumen"
wrote:

There's a pile of rotted grass-trimming compost, probably three years
old. I was thinking of trying to mix the two together and spreading
the resulting concoction on my veggie beds. What do you think?

I would bury it under the bed rather than spread it but certainly not dump
it.

Thanks to all for the input. I took your advice and spread the vile
stuff on the vegetable beds. It stank like raw sewage!

JD

Can compost be too old to use?
 

On 2 Oct, 21:41, JakeD wrote:

Unfortunately, it's been sitting there with lids on for several years,
and now looks like a grim, brown slimey mess, with an inch or two of
liquid on top!

My dad, who was not a gardener by any stretch of the imagination, used
to put grass cuttings in an old galavnised tank which filled with
rainwater. It seemed to rot into a brown liquour, not unlike silage
slurry, which he diluted with 75% rain water and used on the garden as
a fertiliser.

it did no harm, and probably a lot of good.

The dry sludge got dug out at the end of august and dug into the next
year's potato beds, with apparant success.

Can compost be too old to use?
 

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
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In reply to CWatters ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

"Cerumen" wrote in message
...
I would bury it under the bed

...I'd use it in the garden.

ROFL!

Do you get let out this far often , Unc ?

Pete ( :-)

Can compost be too old to use?
 

In reply to Pete Stockdale ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
...
In reply to CWatters ) who wrote
this in , I, Marvo, say :

"Cerumen" wrote in message
...
I would bury it under the bed

...I'd use it in the garden.

ROFL!

Do you get let out this far often , Unc ?

Pete ( :-)

Cheek! It was you who gave me the directions. Remember?

Can compost be too old to use?
 

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
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In reply to Pete Stockdale ) who wrote this
in
, I, Marvo, say :

"Uncle Marvo" wrote in message
...
In reply to CWatters ) who wrote
this in , I, Marvo, say :

"Cerumen" wrote in message
...
I would bury it under the bed

...I'd use it in the garden.

ROFL!

Do you get let out this far often , Unc ?

Pete ( :-)

Cheek! It was you who gave me the directions. Remember?

Marvo. Treat him with the contempt you would any red nosed clown.

rob