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Originally Posted by bailz
so do we put tatty peelings in or not people. regards neil.
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Yes Neil, you can put spud peelings in but the advice is to bury them to stop them sprouting.
However, on an allotment where blight invariably strikes and you just can't be certain that every plot holder has cleared away all the remains from the potato harvest, then I personally wouldn't put spud peelings in the compost. In a kitchen garden setting with an open wire mesh compost heap again I wouldn't put spud peelings in. Blight spores are air bourne and can travel miles. The spores live on bits of potato tissue waiting for the right weather to infect plants. It's a dreadful disease.