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Banana skins - compostible?
"Spider" wrote:
"Terry Pinnell" wrote in message .. . 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.] -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK It's compostable, Terry. Easy to remember: "able to compost". Yes, of course you can compost bananas. I've been doing it for years and never (in 27 years) had a problem. You can also bury them under flowering trees or shrubs, as they're very high in potash. If you want to worry that they've been sprayed with something noxious, then the argument that they take a long time to break down negates itself, as the noxious substance would also have degraded in that time. However, I find, as you do, that there's so recognisable skin left after a normal (cold) composting period. Some people just need something to worry about. Somehow, composting and neurosis don't fit together very well. Composters are, by nature, down-to-earth people. Spider Many thanks for all the replies. Banana composting duly resumed! -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK |
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