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    hey everyone just a quick question

    ok 3 of my tomatoes that i was growing in pots decided to laugh at me and get blight now i have sent all above ground to the council waste heap however i have massive root balls to heavy to put in recycling bags

    so am i ok to put these balls containing roots and old compost into my compost bin or not?

    im guessing thats if you grow direct into soil and your plants get blight your not going to remove all soil are you?

    any help would be great
    In the following link you can follow my recent progress on the plot

    https://www.youtube.com/user/darcyvuqua?feature=watch

  • #2
    Blight spores only survive on living vegetation, so the compost should be fine in your compost bin.

    You could also use it to topdress beds in your garden. I presume you used multipurpose compost, if so I find that it's fairly easy to break up and remove the roots.

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    • #3
      get the kids to rip it apart,see who can reduce it to dust and fiberouse roots the quickest,very easy to do,
      sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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      • #4
        I compost blighted foliage. As said already, blight spores can only survive on living plant material, and foliage isn't live.

        The spuds are: don't compost any of the spuds that have had blight
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          I posted this elsewhere, but it has some good info:

          Tomato blight factsheet
          The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.

          Gertrude Jekyll

          ************NUTTERS' CLUB MEMBER************

          The Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad?
          Alice Kingsley: I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll
          tell you a secret. All the best people are.

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          • #6
            I have a question related to this one - is it okay to use compost that I was growing potatoes in that caught blight for something other than Solanacae?
            I was thinking about re-using it for a hydrangea that I want to put in a part and I don't think I'm going to bother with potatoes, tomatoes, aubergines or chilli next year - should it be okay? I won't spread anything to the Hydrangea will I?

            Another question - would the Hydrangea be fine in standard compost or should I just go and buy some ericaceous compost? The flowers are pink - do they turn blue from acidity or from mopping up copper?

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