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Post by mikkel on Oct 24, 2007 21:47:54 GMT
We make a point of placing all weeds, grass-cuttings, dead flowers, shredded paper and used tea-bags in our compost bin. In fact we even invited our elderly next-door neighbours to dispose of their shredded paper in it as well, because they have a straight-cut and were putting the paper in the recycling bin.
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Post by iska on Jan 5, 2009 9:36:41 GMT
To kep out animals of a especially rats, put some of human hair into it every now and then. Rats hate this smell. ashes of purely wood fire is very good for composts and also egg carton. Be careful with too much ripped paper, especially newspapers, as there is too many chemisals of print colour in it. And also it is not good to put banana pealing or pealing of citrus fruits into it.
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Post by DAG on Jan 5, 2009 10:02:22 GMT
Thank you iska, that is interesting, we have citrus fruit and banana almost every day and have always put them on the compost heap.
I know that there is probably too much acid in the citrus, but cannot imagine what is undesirable in banana?
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Post by iska on Jan 5, 2009 12:29:48 GMT
I cannot tell you, as I do not really know. What I do know however is you can cut banana peel into small peaces and dig it around your roses (close to the worts). That is the best organic feeder for them - the roses, not the lice - and it makes the little lice to disappear. They bloom a lot better and their colours are improving. (Don't ask me why, I forgot the reasons.) For two years I have done it now and found out to be correct. Also, this brown leaf disease (don't know the English word in German we call it roserust) is getting less.
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Post by tamarine on Jan 5, 2009 20:34:01 GMT
I think it is a good tip Iska. I will try it. Thank you.
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Post by scotkat on Apr 13, 2009 14:29:44 GMT
I got my first bucket full of compost yesterday been in compost bin for 2yrs.
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Post by linda on Apr 13, 2009 15:36:46 GMT
great skotkat well done that seems a long time 2 years
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Post by DAG on Apr 13, 2009 15:52:50 GMT
Should be well rotted by now then! ;D
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Post by scotkat on Apr 13, 2009 16:13:56 GMT
Still some hard bits that have taken a long time to change in to compost. And maybe just not got the balance right. Either too much grass or not enough paper or egg shells etc. And as for the veggei smaybe they shoudl have been cut into smaller peieces before I put them in compost bin.
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Post by linda on Apr 13, 2009 16:20:05 GMT
nice one dag ;D ;D i couldnt have a compost bin not on my balcony anyways, skotkat you will get there in the end
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Post by scotkat on Apr 13, 2009 16:30:08 GMT
Still chuft Linda that at least it looks like compost ,I will post a photo here I did put a photo on GC last night.
Once I master size image is to go here will post a photo.
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Post by linda on Apr 13, 2009 16:33:43 GMT
thats good to hear look forward to seeing pic of it didnt see it in gc, but saw your hanging baskets i answered to that
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Post by scotkat on Apr 13, 2009 16:48:47 GMT
R u Rosa on GC:)
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Post by DAG on Apr 13, 2009 18:07:38 GMT
Scotkat, don't put much grass cuttings in the compost, if you have a lot, compost them on their own as they decompose at a different rate to anything else and upset the system. There was an article about it written by a local council that they found the best thing to do with grass was have a separte bin area for it, or everything turns into a nasty slush.
A small amount is fine though.
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Post by scotkat on Apr 13, 2009 19:22:26 GMT
Thankyou Dag we realised that at the end of the season last yr we thought we had put too much grass clippings in as it was a very wet mixture so we added paper shreddings to help dry it but it has taken until now to dry . We added first cut of the season grass to it yesterday and that was on top of some paper shreddings.
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