Can I compost......

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    Can I compost Nicotiana please. :)
     
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    Why not???? It's not poisonous so I can't see why you couldn't compost it......I've put worse on!!!!:heehee:
     
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    I have done in the past and lived to tell the tale, can't think of any reason not to?
     
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    Thanks guys, I was thinking about the nicotine 'side' of these plants. :scratch: :)
     
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    Well, that would just mean that your compost heap would start to smoke when it got hot, Sheal!!!:lunapic 130165696578242 5:
     
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