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    compost

    can you add too much garden compost (ie kitchen peelings) to raised beds.

    i think i added alot of compost to my raised beds last year which attracted an awful lot of slugs i may have added the compost before it was totally broken down.

    this year i am going to try nemaslug thru out the seasons to keep them at bay.
    my plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ

    hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is a whole lot better
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    There have been an awful lot of slugs and caterpillars around this year, much more than normal. So I think it wasn't the compost but the weather that helped them. Nemaslug is good but can get expensive, I use a hand trowel and keep turning the top of the soil and bringing the eggs to the surface for the birds and sun to dispose of.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by hawthorns View Post
      can you add too much garden compost (ie kitchen peelings) to raised beds.
      we-ell ... did you add compost, or did you add kitchen peelings?
      If it was rotted down properly, it's fine to use. If it still looked like peelings and not dark crumbly earth, then it wasn't ready to use.

      Be patient!
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #4
        Does it actually hurt to throw kitchen scraps straight on the garden??

        I don't have a compost heap at the moment, but all my raw kitchen scraps i just throw on the vegie garden

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Drasjic View Post
          Does it actually hurt to throw kitchen scraps straight on the garden??

          I don't have a compost heap at the moment, but all my raw kitchen scraps i just throw on the vegie garden
          I wouldn't recommend this as best practice, not least because of attracting vermin - possums to you mate

          There is an exception to this rule, runner bean trenches can be opened up and 'stuff' can get chucked in but this will then be covered prior to planting.
          aka
          Suzie

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Drasjic View Post
            Does it actually hurt to throw kitchen scraps straight on the garden?
            well, it looks awful, and will attract vermin (as Piskie said) and slugs.
            Better to bury it in the ground, a la a bean trench (as Piskie says)
            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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            • #7
              Or get a wormery!
              Takes up less space than a compost heap and the worms will be able to chomp their way through your kitchen waste and turn it into black gold
              Warning: I have a dangerous tendency to act like I know what I'm talking about.

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              • #8
                +1 for a wormery. You can also make it for next to nothing. I made mine out of new cat little boxes and placed it in a cupboard and it works fine.

                Steven
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                • #9
                  Nothing wrong with just burying your peelings and leaving them to rot in situ.
                  Urban Escape Blog

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