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Should I Pull Seedlings out of Compost Pile?

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Posted by chueh 7b GA (My Page) on
Sun, Sep 9, 12 at 19:28

From time to time, some healthy seedlings grow from the compost pile. I am just wondering if I should pull them out right away when I see them, or wait until they somehow die and become part of the compost themselves for adding more "variety" to my compost???

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what i do if this happens if i just pluck them and throw it at the top. if you allow them to grow i would assume they would take away some nutrients from the compost and eventually die. if theirs no sunlight or right conditions. i find it composts faster if i pluck it out rather then just leaving it in their

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Yeah, I thought of that too: the plants would suck out the nutrients. Although I know that eventually they would die, i always feel bad pulling unwanted plants

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There are two things you could do. Yank those seedlings as soon as you see them and put them back into the compost, or wait until you turn your pile and bury them then. As long as you put those seedlings back into the compost any nutrients used to grow will be recycled right there. You will not loose any nutrients unless you take those seedlings out of the compost after they develop their first true leaves.

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