Fall is inevitably coming. When harvesting crops on a plot or in a garden, we can notice fruit and vegetables infected by bacteria and fungi.Often, crops that are damaged in such a way are composted, so that when they decompose, they provide valuable organic matter.However, it should be considered whether the compost prepared in such a way will pose a threat to the he alth of our plants in the future.
If the harvested root vegetables show symptoms of the so-called soft (wet) rot, the tissue is watery, moist, crumbles to the touch and is accompanied by an unpleasant smell, it is better not to compost them. These may be signs of a bacterial disease.The bacteria causing wet rot can survive in soil for about 5-7 years.
The bacteria that causes angular blotch on cucumber leaves can also survive for many years.A symptom of this disease are initially beige, watery spots on the leaves, which over time dry up and flake off, leaving the characteristic,on the leaves
with an irregular shape of a hole. Symptoms of this disease also appear on fruits that rot.Again, the composting of infected leaves and cucumbers should be avoided.There are many other diseases that can survive in the compost for up to several years.The best way to dispose of plant organs infected with bacteria and fungi is to burn them or throw them into municipal garbage.
Not everything is good for compost
Often we also put weeds in the compost, which we remove from the beds, but on one condition - the weeds should not be in the flowering phase, because this way we can introduce seeds into the compost, which in the future will come back to ours with such difficultly tended patches.
