What do you do with your dandelion plants you've pulled

[rabbit]

I forgot about this corner of the forum and I've been posting my silly questions in veg! WHoops.

So I've been round and attacked the dandelions with a speedy weeder. It pulls out some of the roots too (sometimes all) really fun and a bit addictive. There's good earth in with the root.

I don;t want to add them to my compost heap though, it's not really hot enough. I've got them in a black bag but not sure what to do next, I can't keep them indefinitely. They're too wet to burn and it's too cold to dry them.... Dilemma!

[veggiechicken]

Feed them to your rabbit rabbit?
I don't put dandy roots in the compost as they regrow - just the leaves.
I'm sure there is something about Bob Flowerhead nailing dandies to a door for about 20 years and they still grew Strange hobby but what else would you expect?

[rabbit]

VC, nailing them to the door is not going to be my magic solution! No rabbits only cats, theyre not so fond.

[veggiechicken]

Maybe its time you got a rabbit rabbit

[rabbit]

Ah but my cats, and my neighbours cats are cold blooded killers and I think it would be a very sad frightened little creature. We had rabbits when I was a child though.

[Thelma Sanders]

tops in the compost, roots in the rubbish bin.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Can't argue to much with that ^^^^^^^^. I have what I call a burning heap and have a bonfire annually. The dandelion roots go on there. A good roast up sorts them out permanently.

[veggiechicken]

......and Roast Dandelion roots can be ground to make coffee Very economical Ap

[Aberdeenplotter]

I'm too young to know about that.

[Darwin.]

I very seldom have any but when I do I throw them down in the bottom corner of the garden where I leave the grass cuttings.

I've never put any weeds in the composter, never really though of using the leaves and just dumping the roots. I'll be doing that from now on.

[rustylady]

Darwin, you should be composting your grass cuttings too. Or at least using them as a mulch.

[Darwin.]

I have an acre of ground so it's a lot of grass cuttings, they rot in the corner but I was told not to use that because it would be far too acidic.

[rustylady]

Too acidic for what? Grass cuttings on their own don't make good compost, they need to be mixed with "browns" and other compostable waste. But they can be used to mulch spuds etc.

[Nicos]

Next time try forcing the dandelions in situ ( bit like rhubarb)
They are a great delicacy over here!
Tasting a bit like chicory

[Darwin.]

The lad in the garden centre said I can't mix them in with compost for planting veg or they'd burn the roots.

I had a very small garden at my last house and I nprmally put some grass in along with my veg waste. I never got to use it though because I was only there for two and a half years. I was told that every year your supposed to turn what's in your composter so the fresher stuff is on the bottom and the old stuff on top and that it would take years before you could actually use any compost from it.