Comments on: Thirteen Common Myths of Composting http://earth911.com/news/2007/04/02/thirteen-common-myths-of-composting/ Find Recycling Centers and Learn How To Recycle Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rikki http://earth911.com/news/2007/04/02/thirteen-common-myths-of-composting/comment-page-1/#comment-25832 rikki Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:11:11 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2007/04/02/thirteen-common-myths-of-composting/#comment-25832 I made compost last year using a small metal trash can with a lid and carrying handle...it looks like aluminum but isn't light enough to be just aluminum...i think....now the inside of the pail is a different color(s)....sort of orangy or red.....is it safe to use this compost? I made compost last year using a small metal trash can with a lid and carrying handle…it looks like aluminum but isn’t light enough to be just aluminum…i think….now the inside of the pail is a different color(s)….sort of orangy or red…..is it safe to use this compost?

]]> By: thisbrit http://earth911.com/news/2007/04/02/thirteen-common-myths-of-composting/comment-page-1/#comment-2488 thisbrit Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:35:31 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2007/04/02/thirteen-common-myths-of-composting/#comment-2488 Very interesting material. I especially liked the comments about "delaying compost's decomposition" rather than speeding it up. Naturally. Good insight . As to tomato plants. . .I find they decompose after a fashion, but are one of the slower items to become friable. The stalks (and mine always have a lot of stalk!) take a year and more to become small enough to work into the soil. Toxic? I do not know, but the other myths seem to indicate that rhubarb is not a problem. I doubt that tomato plants are bad for the earth. Just a guess, however. I am not a botanist. Very interesting material. I especially liked the comments about
“delaying compost’s decomposition” rather than speeding it up. Naturally. Good insight .

As to tomato plants. . .I find they decompose after a fashion, but are one of the slower items to become friable. The stalks (and mine always have a lot of stalk!) take a year and more to become small enough to work into the soil. Toxic? I do not know, but the other myths seem to indicate that rhubarb is not a problem. I doubt that tomato plants are bad for the earth. Just a guess, however. I am not a botanist.

]]> By: spatens http://earth911.com/news/2007/04/02/thirteen-common-myths-of-composting/comment-page-1/#comment-1867 spatens Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:55:32 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2007/04/02/thirteen-common-myths-of-composting/#comment-1867 My husband is convinced that tomato plants should not be composted because they are toxic. Is this true or myth? My husband is convinced that tomato plants should not be composted because they are toxic. Is this true or myth?

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