If you have plants, say like the tomato plants show signs of the wilts, *were the leaves die from the ground up or have leaves with brown circle's that then engulf the leaves* The answer is no, cause those disease's over winter or carry over in the winter, in the compost pile..*no matter how hot it gets'* to my understanding.. Even some powdery mildews may survive.. It's best to burn them actuall...
but if you have no problems on them or with them then by allll means use 'em...
* * * * Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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As a general rule, I don't compost nightshades (tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, tomatillos, potatoes) or cucurbits (cucumbers, pumpkins, squash, gourds) at all. I DO compost corn, beans, peas, and kitchen scraps. Also, lol, very important..don't compost rotted tomato fruits..you'll get more volunteer tomato plants than you can deal with.
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