Re: Chickweed in the compost pile
- To:
- Subject: Re: Chickweed in the compost pile
- From: H* H*
- Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 13:05:29 -0700
Makes a great salad too.
Heather on Vancouver Island
-----Original Message-----
From: Blee811@aol.com <Blee811@aol.com>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Monday, May 10, 1999 10:36 AM
Subject: Chickweed in the compost pile
>I wouldn't add chickweed to my compost pile because the pile is not
>scientifically built, doesn't heat up enough to kill seeds, etc. Chickweed
>spreads itself rampantly enough without my adding it to the compost so I
can
>spread it on all my beds. Especially if, as one poster said, it begins to
>drop seed as soon as the flowers appear. But if your compost pile is hot
>enough to kill seeds, then maybe it's OK. I also don't put creeping
Charlie
>in my compost because I don't want it to think it's died and gone to
heaven.
>Neither of these pesky plants needs my additional help to spread.
>Bill Lee
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
>message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
