Composting in a small flat

Quasar

Hi folks.

I live in a small cramped flat and have quite a few plants. What with all this pruning and weeding out the dead leaves, I often have a bit of dead green matter to dispose of.

Is there any way I can use it as compost to put back into the plant pots? Do I just put everything in a container?

Any advice welcome.

Savvy_Sue

I think that one of the tricks with 'real' composting is that you need a certain mass to generate enough heat to turn it into compost rather than a nasty smelly mess, which is all I think you'll be able to generate indoors ...

However I'm no expert. and I wonder if you could put a wormery indoors? Would the wormery experts like to say?

Quasar

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

I think that one of the tricks with 'real' composting is that you need a certain mass to generate enough heat to turn it into compost rather than a nasty smelly mess, which is all I think you'll be able to generate indoors ...

However I'm no expert. and I wonder if you could put a wormery indoors? Would the wormery experts like to say?

:eek: :eek: :eek: Oh dear - I know so little about these things. No I don't fancy a wormery indoors. I thought that I could just put cut leaves in a container and use them mixed with soil when re-potting. Maybe it's not such a good idea after all.

cazrobinson

with a limited biological system you can breed pests and disease.


composting actually breaks stuff down and get hot, breaking down organisims.

have you got a neighbour you can give the leaves to?

or if you have a balcony you can use a can-of-worms.


hth

tigerlily

I have just bought a wormery, £20 all in and its well worth it. I would have no problems with putting the wormery indoors if I had to. At present its outside the back door.