Cold composting creeping fig?
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Cold composting creeping fig?
Hi All,
Is it possible to cold compost creeping fig plants? I'm guessing it's probably a "no" because of how hard it is to kill.
We cleared out about 130 feet of it off our block walls and I hate to send it all to the dump if I can use it in my yard (it's a big pile!). But I also don't want to try and compost it and end up growing a mound of creeping figs or spreading them all over my property lol.
Thanks in advance.
Is it possible to cold compost creeping fig plants? I'm guessing it's probably a "no" because of how hard it is to kill.
We cleared out about 130 feet of it off our block walls and I hate to send it all to the dump if I can use it in my yard (it's a big pile!). But I also don't want to try and compost it and end up growing a mound of creeping figs or spreading them all over my property lol.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Cold composting creeping fig?
Any chance of sending it through a chipper/shredder first?
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Re: Cold composting creeping fig?
Unfortunately it doesn't look like Home Depot has any rentals in my area.
What do you think is the smallest piece of branch/vine something like this would regenerate from? Professor Google makes it seem like creeping fig plants have Wolverine regenerative abilities.
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Re: Cold composting creeping fig?
I'm not familiar with this particular plant, but with many plants that can grow from pieces of existing plants, chopping into smaller pieces is the worst thing you can do because it creates more plants.
There are some plants that I don't compost even when I'm doing active hot composting. I've had compost piles that hit and stayed above 160 for days at a time, but bindweed and hops didn't go into the compost.
There are some plants that I don't compost even when I'm doing active hot composting. I've had compost piles that hit and stayed above 160 for days at a time, but bindweed and hops didn't go into the compost.
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Re: Cold composting creeping fig?
It's too bad I'll probably have to toss it since the "hottest" thing I have is a compost tumbler lol. It would have been nice to get some benefit to my yard out of all the effort it's taken to remove it. It's not even my plant, it's my neighbor's and I got lazy and didn't trim it for the last couple of years. We took out a large tree from our backyard last year and that thing exploded into a monster with the extra light. Started noticing it damaging the block wall so it was time to go (from my side at least).bpgreen wrote: ↑March 27th, 2019, 12:35 amI'm not familiar with this particular plant, but with many plants that can grow from pieces of existing plants, chopping into smaller pieces is the worst thing you can do because it creates more plants.
There are some plants that I don't compost even when I'm doing active hot composting. I've had compost piles that hit and stayed above 160 for days at a time, but bindweed and hops didn't go into the compost.
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