Starting a Compost Bin (Merged Thread)

frivolous_fay

Surely a bin like this only smells if you leave the lid off?

Poppycat

I never had any smells from my composter. I do keep the lid on most of the time accept when I am putting stuff in or opening bottom to take some compost. My BIL has on in his back yard and its only small yard

razra

Any other uses for them after they have been used?

I bought some loose tea at the weekend and after trying to get them from the pot to the bin without spilling them all over the floor (which I have a 25% success rate with so far:rotfl:) it got me thinking, are they okput in the compost bin ?

razra

oops just seen the what to put in your compost bin thread

However if I put loads in will it change the acidity of the compost at all? Just thinking min two pots a day is a lot of tealeaves

Zazen999

It will be fine; my auntie used to put them straight on the soil round the plants and they bloomed; I do the same with coffee grounds and have done for years' either can go both in compost bins or straight on the soil.

MoJo

Zazen999 wrote: »

It will be fine; my auntie used to put them straight on the soil round the plants and they bloomed; I do the same with coffee grounds and have done for years' either can go both in compost bins or straight on the soil.

Mum used to add some cold water to the dregs in the teapot to water her house plants.

Lord_Gardener

We've been putting all our tea and coffee (loose or bags) into the compost bin for years!

Farway

I add cold water to the dregs in the pot & tip it on the garden, I read hydrangeas love it, but I add it anywhere, rhubarb, roses, they all get some over time

razra

Thanks everyone been putting them in there today, just need to get rid of the ants and what look like grains of rice (eggs?) that seem to have set up home in the compost bin now

Isnt home composting fab LOL

katskorner

I wouldn't worry about the ants at all. They are helping break it all up for you. Better there than in your house!