Hi.. i recently got a hotbin and in my research some sites say to keep tomato stems/stalks out of the compost. I need to prune my tomato plants and want to know if its ok to throw them in the hotbin
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Open Jun 28, 2020 - 05:01 PM
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Jun 28, 2020 - 07:04 PM
Hi Colm. Tomato stems are fine in compost. I suspect the reason stated for not adding them is possible transfer of tomato blight to compost but this is not an issue as blight can only live on live plant material. Once the tomaotoes have been pruned the stems will die off.
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Description Insulated Mini Hot Compost Bins Hotbin composters work much faster at breaking down your food and garden waste by heating them up to 60°c. This extra heat enables you to compost 32 times faster than regular cold composters - and have a rich, useable compost somewhere between 30 to 9...
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