[kiowa]

hi friends,
the cornflowers i have are comming to an end ...can i use the stems for compost bin ? or would they go hard /brittle .

 thanks a bunch!

[John]

If it was alive, it will compost. Some things just take longer than others so you pick them out and put them in next years bin as well

[milkman]

Definitely put them in the compost bin - maybe chop them up a bit first with some shears or secateurs.

[James]

Very little that is an annual will not compost fairly rapidly.  It's not actually as woody as it looks or feels.  When you come to apply the copmost next November, when double digging your patch, anything that's left can just be dug in with the compost.