What's Growing on your Compost Pile?

Bob3 · 04-08-2011, 11:05 PM

Every now & then something odd, unusual or interesting escapes the compost pile & starts growing.
While getting ready to dump some of last year's pots out & reprocess the dirt & plant material I noticed a couple oddities in the leftovers from an n. tabacum plant, a little oak & a hops vine.
The local "bushy tail rats" are no doubt to blame for the oak but the hops are a head scratcher.
So... what does everybody else have going on their compostables?

jack hagenaars · 04-09-2011, 12:35 PM

my mother in law

nannerfunboi · 04-09-2011, 02:54 PM

lol to jack..

i havent started my compost yet.. i have a huge pile..prob 50 bags of shredded leaves from last fall.. have to go get some straw.. and rabbit
manure..then the fun begins..

i get mushrooms,i stir mine pretty good..so the weeds from the straw get
cooked pretty good.. but always interesting what sprouts from that
golden stuff...

Scuba_Dave · 04-09-2011, 06:24 PM

I've never had much grow in my compost piles
I re-use dirt/potting soil - so that usually does not go into the compost

mbfirey · 04-09-2011, 08:17 PM

I tend to get papaya plants, because we eat a lot of papaya and discard the seeds...

Lagniappe · 04-09-2011, 11:01 PM

Oysters! I haven't seen any fruit bodies this year, but there is a lot of mycelium still breaking the stuff down.

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