2006-12-20 21:27:09 · 8 answers · asked by jessann019 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I will have to disagree with everyone else here. Using as mulch or tilling them in, or using as compost might be a good idea, but how much good are you going to get out of those 12 tomato and 12-25 potato plants??
Not too much. Now what happens if these vines were diseased? I won't do it. I will till in some nice alfalfa hay, I will add wood ashes to the garden, and I compost the 12 pickup loads of maple leaves I get off my yard each fall.
To get back on track, don't do it. It just isn't worth the risk.
2006-12-21 03:21:43 · answer #1 · answered by wall_id_pike 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I should suggest NOT to.
specially for potatoe vines. It contains solanine (strichnine, poison). Just observe that herbivoral animals Do not eat potatoe plants.
2006-12-20 21:42:30 · answer #2 · answered by UncleGeorge 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it doesn't cause any problems at all.
I've been tilling mine back into my gardens for about 40 years.
2006-12-20 22:09:40 · answer #3 · answered by dropkick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can use them if you must ,but they will be serving a better cause if turned into compost your soil will be richer for the effort.
2006-12-21 02:02:29 · answer #4 · answered by dee k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-12-21 11:05:12 · answer #5 · answered by Oldie from Bristol 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, although those planrs would serve you better if turned into compost.
2006-12-21 01:38:22 · answer #6 · answered by melvyn m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PROBABLY NOT FOR MULCH...........BUT IS EXCELLENT FOR COMPOST PILE.
2006-12-20 22:25:28 · answer #7 · answered by LucySD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes as long asa you do not use ones with fungus on them.
2006-12-20 21:28:59 · answer #8 · answered by scooprandell 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋