Composting from the pond ?

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Composting from the pond ?

30-08-2010, 10:24 AM

Ive spent this morning cleaning some of the pond out, its all by the edge of the pond now for the wildlifee to make its way back in (or so I read)

I have a couple of piles of gooey like mud from the bottom, a trug full of duckweed and a trug full of an oxygenating plant (sorry I dont know its name, but it multplies rapidly and looks a bit like a soft yew tree). Once all this has dried out is it OK to put it all on to the compost heap ?

Many thanks
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rustylady

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30-08-2010, 11:24 AM

Compost away. Should be fine.
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30-08-2010, 01:55 PM

I use the green mud as a mulch.

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30-08-2010, 03:58 PM

Pond weed is incredibly high in nitrogen, makes a great mulch as well as a wionderful fertiliser for salad plants. But I suppose you can compost it too !

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