[muckyboots]

HI all can anyone tell me , is it ok to compost moss as i will be raking the lawns next year and if last years effort is anthing to go by I shall have about 4 sacks full.I read in a gardeners world not to compost it ?? help!!

[Christine]

Not something I would do as it really doesn't rot down. In fact it's apt to grow again when you move the compost.

[DavidT]

I agree with Christine ( who`s been here donkey`s years and only managed 3 posts),  Either use it in your hanging baskets or bin it.

[mumofstig]

BIN BIN BIN.......if you compost it ..all you are doing is spreading it all over the plot

[muckyboots]

Right bin it is then, but keep some for my baskets I dont want to grow any more than i'v got.
Thanks for clearing that up ,i got no response from G/W when i posed the question.

[solway cropper]

Mosses and lichens can survive in the most extreme conditions so I'm not sure that most composting would kill it. How about drying it and using it as fuel...if you have that much

[Yorkie]

It's always worth using the search facility ...

The same question was asked only 3 weeks ago 

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=48050.0

[Christine]

I agree with Christine ( who`s been here donkey`s years and only managed 3 posts),  

Christine locked herself out by changing her email address so has had to start again with a new account. She wants composting the daft woman (and to go by the way churchyards grow, would be very good in the compost heap).

Which is more than moss would be it seems from the general concensus here.  :happy:

[DavidT]

Don`t knock yourself Chris, you are up to 8 now.