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Used Compost?
tom hewer
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Whats the best thing to do with used compost from pots and seed trays?
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Whats the best thing to do with used compost from pots and seed trays?
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Compost it, throw it onto the garden, re-use it to fill the bottom of large containers/pots and top the rest with fresh, bottom of hanging baskets.
Just a few ideas - I'm sure there's more.
I throw it onto my clay soil, a bed a month slowly it's helping improve soil
I put it on the veg bed, and some around the plants on the flower bed - mixed with organic chicken manure pellets.
For potted annuals, use it half / half with new compost, we have done that for years, with the addition of some pelleted fertiliser. Otherwise as the others say, put it on beds, add to your own compost etc.
Oh, Fig thats a great idea? Although OH may complain as already have seed trays on all windowsills and one in the fridge
Rosa...so it helps with clay soils? I have a section in the garden thats really bad and was wondering what I could do to help it break up a bit. Like Mandy has said...do you leave it on top or dig it in?
Just use it as a mulch and the worms will incorporate it into the soil for you.