With all the green smoothies I've been chugging recently, I've been generating a fair bit of compostable matter. Mostly this goes over to my allotment, but from time to time, when I've accumulated a couple of days' worth and haven't had time to nip over there, I bury some of it among my house plants. So far I've noticed no negative effects and, I like to think the long term effects on the plants will be positive. Here's what I do.
| Like nothing ever happened. |
I keep the scraps as far away from any obvious roots as I can - since it seems better for the roots to be digging into the soil itself, and not the as yet un-composted matter - by digging deep and into the Corner of the planter. It's not something I do often, since I don't want to overwhelm the natural processes at work beneath the surface or disturb the balance of nutrients that have kept the plant healthy up to now; but it's something I can do repeatedly, say every few months or so. Choose a different corner next time, and repeat in that fashion.
This leaves you with several small plant pots left off new compost mix, into which you can plant...more plants! Win.
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