Old soil/compost from pots

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Babycat

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Old soil/compost from pots
« on: March 20, 2010, 07:58 »
is there any value in the old soil in garden pots after the plants have gone?  we are not allowed to put it in the green bin so I am just putting it on a bit of the flowerbeds where nothing grows at the moment...
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galen

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Re: Old soil/compost from pots
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2010, 08:16 »
I reuse mine mixed with the kitchen veg scraps in bean trenches,planting stations for my parsnips and as a general soil conditioner. Here's a link from a couple of weeks ago with some other ideas :

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=52610.0
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boosh

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Re: Old soil/compost from pots
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2010, 08:25 »
I put mine in the compost heap or mix it into my seed beds.

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maxie

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Re: Old soil/compost from pots
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2010, 11:10 »
I just throw it on top of the plot and spread it out.

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Re: Old soil/compost from pots
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2010, 11:18 »
I just throw it on top of the plot and spread it out.
me too  :)

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Re: Old soil/compost from pots
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2010, 11:21 »
compost it, makes a great bulking material with grass and poo



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