Compost Seeds

[Jamjar74]

My husband has seen an adert for a seed that when grown can either be put in the composter to aid compost making or dug back in the garden to add nutrients. Anyone know what he is talking about please?

[nickmo]

List of plants suitable for composting and adding nutrients here. http://www.pfaf.org/database/search_use.php?K[]=Compost

Speak to your local gardening club about the type of soil you have as they will happily offer info as to what is best suited to your garden locally - different plants have of course different amounts of goodness to offer the soil, so it is worth checking what gardeners use near you.

[Kingaroo]

It would be some kind of leguminous plant, probably, like beans, peas, alfalfa -- these all are "nitrogen fixers" which means they add nitrogen to the soil as they grow, and when they are plowed back under. Of courseyou would not want to let them grow to the point where they were bearing seeds, or your compost bin or garden would then be sowed with more of the same.

[Thunderbird+]

Yes, I agree with the above, the usual term is "geen manure" The crop is dug/ploughed in to provide nutrients to enrich and improve soil fertility, and yes the leaves are good to mix with compost.

[chasbo]

In addition to the above answers the plant Comfry is grown to be composted, and is supposidly beneficial as a green manure.