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  • Can I Compost Ferns?

    I've dug up a load of ferns that were growing up through the lawn. If i put them in the compost bin, will the composting process kill off the spores? I don't want to start using the compost and find it spreads more ferns everywhere.
    Last edited by starbug; 09-05-2014, 08:25 PM.

  • #2
    No. Not unless you want lots of fern seedlings!
    Pain is still pain, suffering is still suffering, regardless of whoever, or whatever, is the victim.
    Everything is worthy of kindness.

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    • #3
      aren't ferns carcinogenic?
      Its Grand to be Daft...

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      • #4
        Just read this.....

        Bracken Fern

        And it appears you can!
        "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

        Location....Normandy France

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        • #5
          If I remember correctly Bracken is only carcinogenic when it starts to produce spores. So young growth should be fine.
          Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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          • #6
            But I have never heard of veg getting cancer anyway.
            photo album of my garden in my profile http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...my+garden.html

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            • #7
              A follow up. I stand corrected. It seems you can, if very young or dead (brown)

              Bracken/RHS Gardening
              Pain is still pain, suffering is still suffering, regardless of whoever, or whatever, is the victim.
              Everything is worthy of kindness.

              http://thegentlebrethren.wordpress.com

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              • #8
                Thank you for all the advice. I've pulled up the ferns and left them in a little pile. Once they've dried out, I'll add them to the compost heap. They were quite young, so shouldn't have any spores yet.

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                • #9
                  Yes, from young sporeless plants or in-situ dried out plants (dead spores) you could also rot them down separately for ericaceous beds. If they have viable spores, which are obvious to sight, thn no don;t put them in your compost bin.

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