What to do with compost after yield?

scorpionxedos

Grown some tomatoes, beans, etc this year. The compost seems hardly used, despite roots. Seems a shame to chuck away onto the garden of weeds the compost used. New to this!

I'm sure there'll be a thread on this but I can't find one. So if so, please link me to it!

Dizzy_Ditzy

Turn it over, add some manure and leave it for next year

scorpionxedos

There is a horse farm which I pass daily that offer manure. I love to see the horses as I drive past, so I would like to support.

How does it come? What do I do with it, etc. Full newby info needed, sorry! A link will suffice.

chrissy59

after using compost i sieve it and then put it into bins covered up. before i need it next year i add some blood,fish and bone or chicken manure pellets and when i have seedlings i replant them in new compost with some old added

savemoney

I chuck it is composter and mix other garden waste. I never throw it away unless its riddled with grubs

Living_proof

If you have grown beans in the compost then leave the root in as it adds nitrogen to the soil.

Davesnave

I re-use the compost by storing it over winter, adding long-release fertilizer and then potting-up ornamental plants that I sell to other people in it.

As a rule, I don't grow the same things twice in one batch of compost, so my tomatoes and peppers get nice, new stuff every year. Ornamentals & shrubs are less fussy.

DaftyDuck

I don't usually use the composting "Dalek" bins, except for this purpose. I tip it in as I empty gro-bags and pots, along with quite a bit of "live" compost from a good heap, a bit of manure if available, and plenty of fertilizer (although her I use whatever I have, whatever is cheap). I mix it well (usually by tipping it into another Dalek after a month or two), and mix in leaf mould and small twigs for structure.

I, too, wouldn't use it for disease-susceptible crops like tomatoes, or for hungry, fussy crops. But, it's great for potting-up, for tubs, and plants going to charity auctions and the like.

wellused

I got some bags of horse manure from stables the other day it was partly rotted down but will have to be left to rot right down before adding it to the garden as it can burn the roots of plants if it's too raw. The lady at the stables said that they only feed the horses on grass during the summer and that no chemicals are used on the paddock which can be a concern to gardeners when sourcing manure. The worst thing about it is that the stable is a 12 mile round trip and as I don't have a trailer I could only carry a dozen or so bags in the car I wish I could have got more without multiple journeys.

BargainGalore

I always mix a little slow release fertilizer when I reuse it like blood and bonemeal

safestored4

I mix the contents of growbags with some well rotted home made compost and a sprinkling of bonemeal and then use it for early potatoes which are planted in large tubs in the greenhouse and the back porch in January. If you grow varieties such as Swift or Rocket you will be harvesting by the beginning of May.