Mint Roots
 

Spent yesterday clearing out an area of mint that had gone
wild. Collected up all the roots in a bag to take to recycling.
Looked for it today and swmbo told me she had tidied up and
emptied the bag onto the compost heap for me!

What are my chances of being able to use this compost (autumn
2015 would be the time), or have I got to just get rid of the
whole lot?


--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

Mint Roots
 

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Roger Tonkin wrote:
Spent yesterday clearing out an area of mint that had gone
wild. Collected up all the roots in a bag to take to recycling.
Looked for it today and swmbo told me she had tidied up and
emptied the bag onto the compost heap for me!

What are my chances of being able to use this compost (autumn
2015 would be the time), or have I got to just get rid of the
whole lot?

Well, I compost such things, and have done for 30+ years.
Very few roots survive the compost heap - bluebells are the
most likely to, in my experience.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Mint Roots
 

"Nick Maclaren" wrote ..
Roger Tonkin wrote:
Spent yesterday clearing out an area of mint that had gone
wild. Collected up all the roots in a bag to take to recycling.
Looked for it today and swmbo told me she had tidied up and
emptied the bag onto the compost heap for me!

What are my chances of being able to use this compost (autumn
2015 would be the time), or have I got to just get rid of the
whole lot?

Well, I compost such things, and have done for 30+ years.
Very few roots survive the compost heap - bluebells are the
most likely to, in my experience.



And Iris roots too.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

And peach stones. Always have lots of peach seedlings in my compost.

Mint Roots
 

Had a mango seedling come up under my courgettes last summer.