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Can Compost be Re-used
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Taking used compost to the tip?
Madness.
The compost will not be depleted of nutrients, it will be depleted of SOME nutrients - in the case of legumes it will have more of some nutrients that it started out with.0 -
I wouldn't make a habit of regularly re-using compost year after year but have done so successfully occasionally in the past. However, I dig some of the old compost out, mix in some fresh and mix in a good handful of chicken manure pellets to ensure the soil had sufficient nutrients. This has worked perfectly successfully for me for peppers, chillis and aubergines. I've also mixed old compost in with new compost for sowing seeds too with success but you do have to ensure the compost doesn't have any fungus or mould in it. It's important to add some nutrients (either pellets or rotted horse manure) as bagged compost only has sufficient nutrients for one growing season and even then it often needs to be boosted up during the growing season.0
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I think this "you cant use compost more than once" malarky is something dreamt up by someone with an interest in getting you to buy more every year. I treat compost at home no differently to the earth on an allotment and i don't replace the earth on the allotment annually !
I reuse compost adding nutirents and have done so for as long as i can remenber. To date it has not caused me any problems and i grow a range of tropical plants as well as fruit and veg annually.0 -
This is what i do
Buy or make own compost
Use compost for seedlings in pots etc
Once used throw into compost bin with the usual grass cuttings, peelings etc
The stuff costs a fortune and you wouldn't chuck away the mud that you use down the lotty etc. Just rotate or mix to replace nutrients.0 -
has anyone got a good link fro crop rotation?
i.e. what to plant after what?
EDIT: I found useful advice here: http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles1200/crop_rotation.asp0 -
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