Composting green waste on plot

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rogertb

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Composting green waste on plot
« on: September 27, 2019, 20:16 »
Hi chaps, so there's a lot of greenery on my plot, remains of courgette plants, overgrown brassicas, spent bean plants etc, my 3 compost bins are full what can I do with the rest of it, I'd like to avoid building another bin so can i just pile it in a heap in the open and will it rot down over the winter for spreading next year ? should I cover it and/or turn it occasionally ? any advice very welcome.

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Re: Composting green waste on plot
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2019, 20:41 »
I have a similar problem. Am using heavy duty black plastic sacks. Once compost bins are empty they will be emptied into them. Just keep the rain out and they will dehydrate.

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Re: Composting green waste on plot
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2019, 07:02 »
All that material already in your compost bins will reduce in volume very rapidly, so I'd just stack your surplus material for a week and then add it to the bins as the levels fall.
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Re: Composting green waste on plot
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2019, 08:06 »
If its anything like my compost bins, they rot and get digested down at least a quarter in a few weeks, so as above let that happen and you will have the space.

For the brassicas, I would rip the leaves up and spread over the soil where you grow your beans. The worms will pull that down and digest in no time.

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Re: Composting green waste on plot
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2019, 08:41 »
I quite often have a heap of stuff that won't fit into the compost bins at this time of year.  If you cover your stack of material, it rots down faster.  The same is true of compost bins and then you can chuck the stacked stuff in as others have said.

It doesn't need anything fancy.  I use split open sacks that potting compost, bark or manure came in and weigh them down with planks of wood and bricks  :)

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Re: Composting green waste on plot
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2019, 13:09 »
Yep, just keep it to one side and add it to the compost.
or if you're clearing and digging beds, po the green waste on top and let the worms and weather do the work.

I've also been putting down cardboard, then putting the green waste on top as a layer and the manure on top of that

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Re: Composting green waste on plot
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2019, 19:05 »
Mix in some brown corrugated cardboard, shredded paper, newspaper, toilet roll tubes etc etc if you can, don't put too much green stuff in at the same time otherwise it may become a slimy mess.



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