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Melia azedarach (syringa) In Compost

snoggerboy
13 years ago

Will compost made of Melia azedarach suppress germination of other plants? - it being somwhat toxic and alleleopathic.

I have made some fresh, green, "Brushwood" compost using a lot of shoots from them.

I chipped the brush first, Soaked the Chips in water then put them into the piles.

Temp was up to 67C/152.6F in 2 days!

The water that was left over entirely killed off the part of the lawn I poured it out on.

Now worried about toxicity too.

The trees grow vigorously here and are a good supply of fresh brush if it were ok to chip for compost.

I will wait until the compost is completely done and test for germination before using, but any info on this will help.

ps. will post to compost forum as well.

Thanks - Snog

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