NEVER Compost These Things: Reduce Garden Pests, Weeds And Disease

Cleaning up the garden at the end of the growing season is one of the easiest things we can do to reduce pressure from pests, diseases and weeds the following season, yet garden cleanup is something many gardeners fail to do well. While some plants, like leafy greens and legumes, are great to let slowly decay and refeed your soil over the winter, there are some plants that should be removed from your garden and not composted on top of your garden soil or in a cold compost pile.

In this video, we cover the plants you shouldn't compost and should be completely removed from your yard. Removing these plants at the end of the season will reduce garden pests, reduce garden weeds and reduce garden diseases the following year.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Introduction
0:44 Two Reasons Garden Clean Up Is Critical
3:05 Why You Shouldn't Compost Most Fruits
4:41 Plants You Shouldn't Compost
6:20 Garden Cleanup Montage
10:37 Adventures With Dale

Please note if you're making garden compost with hot composting, you CAN hot compost these things in a hot compost bin because hot composting will destroy seeds, pest eggs and diseases. Just don't use cold composting.

If you have any questions about vegetable garden cleanup, composting in winter, composting for beginners, how to make compost, the things I am growing in my garden, are looking for any garden tips and tricks, or have questions about gardening and organic gardening in general, please ask in the Comments below!

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