So what is the rule with this? Can you put the weeds in the compost pile? I have just pulled up a pile of flower head weeds, although they haven't gone to seed. I do know that you don't want to put them in your compost pile after they have gone to seed, but what about before?
I will wait before putting them in to hear your answers.
eeds in the compost rule
Don't know what happened there but it's supposed to say "WEEDS"
Allwild, I avoid tossing in weeds that have gone to seed. The others go in, layered with fallen leaves and garden clippings. If you have a nice hot compost pile the weed seeds are supposed to be killed, but my compost is not that reliably hot since I don't water and turn it enough (LAZY me.)
Thank you for answering CapeCodGardener. I just wasn't sure if the flower heads would still go to seed after they have been pulled. I have the same problem with my compost. My compost turner is a pitchfork; and I know it's not hot right now.
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I just wasn't sure if the flower heads would still go to seed after they have been pulled.
Allwild, I fear that some of them do. . . which is why I try not to put any flowering weeds in my compost. O'course, I toss in spent annuals, etc., and then curse when I see little unwanted seedlings next Spring popping up out of my composted beds. One year this happened especially because in my inexperience I tossed in some cherry tomatoes that had split after a surfeit of rain. . . MANY tomato seedlings came up the next year in places where I didn't want them!
Thank you again. I won't chance it since I had a feeling I better not put them in the compost! It's definitely not worth it. These things are already all over the place and they are a certainly weed because I DO NOT want them around!! LOL
So......what do you do with your unwanted weeds? We aren't supposed to put plant material in the trash for pickup. Guess I could put them in the bottom of the burn pile to dry for next time we burn, although I would hate for them to throw seeds everywhere. Yikes these things are troublemakers!
I guess if those trash people are looking through our trash we will be getting a warning!! :))