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While Watching Independent Media I Learned Composting Weeds. (piefed.social)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/composting@slrpnk.net
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Has anyone else seen this hr. program about a Japanese older man who teaches young people how to compost all undesired plants/weeds?
Does anyone else compost weeds, without getting germination?

If not here is the steps (anyone wants add to this or correct it, as long as you right, please do)-
1st. Pile up a row of non-fertilizer (once I had nothing but dirt with fertilizer in it, so I did this step with it, weeds grew everywhere) dirt, next to plants you are trying to grow.
2nd. After weeding, place weeds on top of the row of dirt, you made.
3rd. Do a good job of covering the weeds
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4th. Leave the row to compost

I tried it, three times, it works

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[–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

You could also use cardboard layed flat. It blocks all the light long enough to kill every weed under it, and then in spring, it either already decayed, or you can pick it up and throw it away.

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    • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    We do wood chip paths and the weedy growth gets chopped up a bit and tossed on the paths. We'll weed like that all season - walking on the paths break everything down further as we go. If the winter is wet and warm we'll use the paths as a fertilizing mulch the following year. If winter is cold and relatively dry we'll use it after another year

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