What to do with used compost/soil? (merged)

sammyjammy

I've just firkled some potatoes and now I don't know what to do with the soil, is it ok to heap it over the earth in the garden (I don't grow any veggies in it they are all in pots), it seems such a waste to throw it in the bin but I don't have a compost heap.

Sam

elsien

Don't if you're meant to, but unless the plant has been diseased that's what I do with mine. There's probably not a lot of nutrients left in it, but my garden is horrible clay soil, which needs all the help it can get, so I look on it as something to improve the soil.

Farway

Like elsien I always spread my used compost over my flower beds, or use it as base for another pot or tub

Too precious to waste friable compost, and there will be some nutrients in it I'm sure

teedy23

I,d spread it about the garden.

SKIPPY54

Hi,Bag it and next year mix it with some new compost and fertiliser and use it in your baskets,tubs and troughs for your flowers.After all its only rotation the same as you would do in the garden.

Davesnave

I put all my failed, weedy potted stuff into an commercial sized microwave (pot & all) and whizz it up to steaming temperature. Probably doesn't save much money, as I have to pay for the electric, but it means the compost is free from weeds and bugs. A dash of Osmacote & it is in business again.

PS Labels shrivel, so remove!

ExiledWool

What's the best thing to do with the compost from a used growbag? Seems a shame to waste it but I doubt it would be any use in my compost bin. Any ideas?

Lotus-eater

Put it in a raised bed. Or you could probably grow something else in it. Spring onions over winter?

BabyKat

i thrown mine in my garden, round flowers and in the veggie plot

fiscalfreckles

Or put it in a tub or hanging basket & plant up some winter pansies, or bulbs for the spring.

Pippilongstocking

Agree use it as a mulch or add it to flower beds to give them a boost, i also use mine to repot house plants etc pointless adding to compost bin as its already compost!