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By Hobbit

West Sussex, United Kingdom

Do you guys think that compost from the recyling plant is a good idea,I've had about 2 tons so far this 'summer'
it's cheaper than bags by far ,but wotsinit?




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The only way to judge is to see how your plants do.

9 Aug, 2011

 

Also it depends what you are going to use it for, potting compost or dig into the garden.

9 Aug, 2011

 

I would think it will be fine. Modern industrial scale composters get to a very high temperature so should kill off anything untoward.

9 Aug, 2011

 

I buy some from my local dump, 80L is about £1 cheaper and I put it on my clay with grit. I have not noticed any problems from using it (certainly no weeds) but I have not used it for containers. I didnt actually but any this year, but next time they have some I will.

9 Aug, 2011

 

They use all our garden waste collected from garden wheelie bins, chopped up and rotted down, and as somebody said, temperatures are really high in those composters, so anything bad would be killed. I've heard some good comments about it. I wish they did it round our way, Hobbit! Annie (Cumbria)

9 Aug, 2011

 

I don't think it's available here either.. :-(

9 Aug, 2011

 

We don't get either... In fact a lot of the 'soil improvers' sold in GCs are from municipal composting.

10 Aug, 2011

 

More profit selling to them than to selling to us I suppose MG?

10 Aug, 2011

 

Probably not as the GC wont pay a lot for either just easier I guess than selling at the centre

10 Aug, 2011

 

:))

10 Aug, 2011

How do I say thanks?

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