Don’t Compost These Plants! 🥔

There are certain plants from the vegetable garden that you probably shouldn't put in your compost pile. Potatoes are one of them.

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[FloraM]

And then there's me who finds potato plants growing in the compost bin lol

[samgraham]

I know somebody who decomposes the tomato plants on the spot. Chops them up where they grew and plants there again next year. His stuff looks wonderful. Organic gardener with homemade fertilizers.

[sarahdavis-bennett]

Thanks so much. This is my first year growing potatoes and I didn’t know that!!!!

[MarkO-imlc]

My plants die in the bed before harvest. Not much left of them.

[jannettebailey]

Thank you for the info. I just planted my 1st time Potatoes.

[helloxyz]

And then the lawnmower clippings go on the compost heap

[jamesdagmond]

Never had this be an issue. But I do throw any obviously diseased plants into the trash instead of the compost.

[ThatOneGuy_Kick]

If it's for the reason you said then when you mow wouldn't it spread it to other parts of you yard and garden?

[sinkintostillness]

It's the tiny tubers which may still be attached which can spread the blight. You could cut of the stem and compost that as the blight only survives on living matter. Same with tomatoes.

[heavymetalbassist]

The key to composting anything you want is to size up to real composting in piles over a cubic yard. Bins are for kids and city folk

[keithbroh]

I have only had my compost going for maybe 3 months at this point, I’ve been throwing just about every single thing that’s green in there and everything seems to be breaking down just fine. I do live in Dallas and we’ve have record breaking days of heat these last few weeks. I think the 108° of outside air combined with the million degrees that the top of my bin, which is black plastic gets to. Actually breaks down that stuff pretty well

[mrswiggles]

Thanks for that information. What about okra plants? I really need to know.

[amandamarie]

There was a perfect time in the video where are you the little 🍅 lined up with a plan perfectly and I thought you guys left a bright yellow tomato

[jaredchastain]

Wouldn't wanna expose your potatoes to things they should be immune to

[WS-bycl]

“What's taters, precious? What's taters, eh?”

[zxster]

The temp of the compose pile will kill all fungal or diseases. It should not be a problem to compose potato plants

[maconbacon]

Is there a reason you do not feed the tater plants to the chickens?

[denyceferro]

Love your garden bens! What size are they?

[stevekettelson]

Asparagus is another. Any ferns that you let go need to be burned or thrown away because of pests.

[stickshaker]

I know this is barely related, but i once put some McDonald's fries in my worm bin and it grew roots!