[shed head]

Hello
Ive put couch grass roots in black bin bags.
How long before i can put it on the compostbin?
Ta

[Kirpi]

The one thing I would just put alongside the household rubbish for collection and not risk composting.

[shed head]

not if you had around 50 bags you wouldnt 

[allot2learn]

In that case, try a bonfire.

[shed head]

lol....bit damp mate

[Madame Cholet]

I think I read a year somewhere

[DD.]

That sounds about right.

One of the plot holders on our site is a retired professor from a nearby school of agriculture.

He's always said that if you use supressant on a weed, it needs to be there for the full live cycle of it. That may be a few weeks in some cases, in a lot it's a year.  That's going to be the case with couch.

[shed head]

Ta double D
Sounds like sound advice.
Gonna dround some in batches in a bin when the weather warms up and leave the rest in bags to rot.
Dont like to take stuff off site a) because im lazy and b) because its greener

[yaxley]

I had couch and nettle roots when i took over my allotment last year they were damp i broke up 2 pallets put them in a drum and set light to them when it was burning well i started to throw handfuls of the root on the fire before i left i stuffed what was left of the roots another 3 bags on the hot ashes when i returned the next day they were all gone have been helping a new member on site to burn his this year quickest way to be rid of them ...

[DD.]

That's the way I'd like to deal with it.

However, we're not allowed bonfires.

[shed head]

Ta yax
Will give that a try when it stops raining....along with rotting some and drowning some.
blooming stuff just looks dodo with loads of black bags taking up room

[yaxley]

Just what i thought loads of the stuff piled up so just torched it a wheelbarrow of weeds equals about a cupful of ash ..Shame that DD enjoy a good burn up at the end of the year ..

[Kirpi]

Is there a recycling centre around that takes garden waste? I think that is what I'd be doing with it.