By Jimtatt
United Kingdom 
Two years ago I cut down a large pampas grass,I put it into a compost bin.Today I looked at it, it's rotted down and smells like sweet like compost should,but in it there is two to three inch long one inch wide pieces of paper like material.I think they are the remains of the stalks.Will it be OK to use?
13 Aug, 2010
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Yes - remove those pieces as you spread the compost though - its probably the bits from the pampas which are extremely fibrous and take a long time to break down. Shove them back on the compost heap when you've extracted them, and it would help if you could chop the bits up so they break down quicker.
13 Aug, 2010
Snap!
13 Aug, 2010
Thank you.Why did'nt I think.Jim
13 Aug, 2010
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I would just sift out the stalks, and put them back in to compost further with the next batch, Jim.
13 Aug, 2010