[fallen angel]

Sorry for the silly ? but can all veg and fruit waste go in the compost? I throw most things in but just wondered about onion skins/peelings and orange/satsuma peelings etc I am assuming yes they can and I am sure my stupidity is caused through lack of sleep sorry lol

Also fruit tea bags I assume yes but wanted to check lol

Cheers guys Nicky (a very tired Nicky) xxx

[DavidT]

Yes, Nicky, you can put these things on the compost heap. And you are NOT being stupid, so get that thought out of your head.

[fallen angel]

Thanks huni I thought you could as it would't make sense if you couldn't but then I doubted myself and panicked ha ha my question probably would have been better asking if there is any fruit or veg waste you can't put in apart from the obvious bit ie once it is cooked and covered in gravy and left on the plate ha ha

xxx

[DavidT]

Don`t add anything cooked, that`s when you start getting rats. 

[slowcompost]

Even put the contents of our cleaner bag, odd bits of cardboard paper tissues and if you can get the family to pee in a bucket and put that in your on to a winner with your compost.  Another good accelerator is comfrey leaves, they're just beginning to grow now.

[azubah]

A few years ago I dug out the compost heap and found what looked like a piece of thick felt. After wondering about it for ages I remembered that I had put a full vaccuum cleaner bag on there. It must have been the cat hair.

[fallen angel]

I plan on having a bucket in my shed (when I get one) for family pee lol but read on someone elses thread that apparently you should only use male pee and asked if this was right and if girl pee would harm it but don't think anyone got back to me?

So hoover bags too huh well erm does it matter that my hoover is regularly sucking up glitter, hair clips and the odd sock lol

Nicky

[Yorkie]

The qualities of different pee have been discussed previously 

Apparently male pee has different ingredients (don't know what - perhaps hormones) from lady pee.  Lady pee does no harm but not really any good either, whereas male pee does have an active effect of some sorts.

[fallen angel]

Mmmm so do you think I could send my son to the plot everytime he needs a pee or would that be wrong lol.

[Nobbie]

All urine contains urea which is a good source of nitrogen and help the compost rot down quicker. The only problem with female urine would be if they are on the contraceptive pill when it would contain the hormone estrogen(sp?) which is linked with feminisation in fish populations downstream of sewer outlets.

[fallen angel]

Nice lol

Thanks for the info guys.

[JayG]

All urine contains urea which is a good source of nitrogen and help the compost rot down quicker. The only problem with female urine would be if they are on the contraceptive pill when it would contain the hormone estrogen(sp?) which is linked with feminisation in fish populations downstream of sewer outlets.

........not to mention the risk of turning your tatties into t*tties!   
 

[PennyS]

Even put the contents of our cleaner bag, odd bits of cardboard paper tissues and if you can get the family to pee in a bucket and put that in your on to a winner with your compost.  Another good accelerator is comfrey leaves, they're just beginning to grow now.

Well it's pretty much guaranteed that despite me saying " have you been to the loo" before we leave the house, within half an hour of being on the lotty, four year old will say "I need a wee" - consequently our compost heap on the lotty is probably producing extremely good compost 

[solway cropper]

If you have a closed compost bin like a 'dalek' you can add cooked material. I've been doing it for years without any rat problems. I would caution against putting cooked meat in though.

[strangerachael]

Some people advise against adding onions and oranges/citrus because they make the compost acidic - but most people agree that the effect would be negigible. Worms in wormeries don't like them. Maybe that's what you're thinking of? I certainly put all mine in.