Compost Discussion Thread (Merged Threads)

Nile

Hello C_Ronaldo

I'll move your thread to the 'Greenfingered' board, where the gardening experts will help you.

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alanobrien

C_Ronaldo wrote: »

Im not sure if this is the right spot for this but move if its not, can i put the waste you get from melons in the compost bin, i always thought you couldnt but maybe im wrong, the seeds i think you can but its the skin

ps if it helps its the cantaloupe melon

Yes you can see;
http://www.compostthis.co.uk/item/melon

prettypennies

alanobrien, thanks for the link. I have just started composting and have found myself questioning everything I'm about to chuck in.

alanobrien

prettypennies wrote: »

alanobrien, thanks for the link. I have just started composting and have found myself questioning everything I'm about to chuck in.

In that case you may find the fact sheets here useful

http://www.recyclenow.com/home_composting/useful_info/composting.html

noonesperfect

I was giving my compost a forking over this morning when I noticed a few slugs in my compost bin. Is that good?

squeaky

As far as I'm concerned it is. They're turning stuff into slug manure

There's all sorts of miniature wild life in my compost bin. I leave them be. Part of the natural process as far as I can see.

noonesperfect

Those little fruit fly things are back too, must be with it being a bit warmer I suppose.

Suzy_M

noonesperfect wrote: »

Those little fruit fly things are back too, must be with it being a bit warmer I suppose.

Yes and the !$%#@^&*! midges were out today too.

savemoney

I get a lot of woodlice in mine. I also put worms in when I find them

starjumper

Bah! I've just checked my compost bin and all is not well.
We set it up in April 2007, we've a small, strangely shaped garden so we put it behind the garage, it probably gets an hour or so of sun a day so not perfect but I didn't think it was awful. We put it on paving stones covered in plastic sheeting and put a layer of old compost, manure, leaf mould and some wormy things at the bottom to get it started and we've been merrily slinging in mainly kitchen waste and some garden waste ever since. Went to give it a stir this morning and checked the bottom of the heap and you can clearly make out green leaves and potato peelings etc fully formed near the bottom, it is quite wet even though we've been mixing in lots of "brown" waste. I know miracles aren't going to happen over winter as it's not warm enough and we knew due to the situation of the bin that things would be a bit slower, but does anyone have any idea where we are going wrong on this? Hubby had promised to pee on it when the weather perks up but other than that we're stumped.

Thanks in advance.