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    question 1 = can i compost broad bean plants ?

    question 2 = can i also compost broad bean plants with black fly on ?


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    Indeed you can, Roadkill.
    Last edited by Jeanied; 25-07-2010, 01:13 PM. Reason: Called Roadkill the wrong name *tsk tsk
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      The generally accepted way with broad beans is to cut the stems 2 or 3 inches above ground level and leave the roots in the ground so that the fixated nitrogen nodules can feed the follow on crop, usually brassicas.

      I personally pull the whole plant up, roots an all, preferring to let the nitrogen work on the compost heap as an accelerator.

      The green stems can then be composted. As the greenery wilts the blackfly will die!
      My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
      to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

      Diversify & prosper


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