Tomato vines are not used to compost, but is it ok to use tomatoes that froze on the vine ??

I'm sure that it is. My grandmother usually puts old tomatoes, egg shells, lettuce (I'm pretty sure of the lettuce), and other things like that around her flowers. She also has a compost heap where I'm sure she does the same. :)

Tomato vines are not used to compost, but is it ok to use tomatoes that froze on the vine ??
Hi,

Yes for sure!

They are full of potassium, and this way you are replenishing this back into your compost, and future gardening soils.

Consider running your lawnmower over the old vines, this will hasten their breakdown, try not to waste anything.

Hope this helps,

Dave
Reply:The reason you don't put in the vine is because it won't breakdown it just turns brown and hard.



The bugs and bacteria that reside in the compost heap like to eat the same things we do and who wants to eat the stem when there are other goodies to break down.



I've put stalks and vine in my compost heap before and ended up tossing them aside when the time came to spread the compost. They just turned black and smelled terrible.
Reply:I've left them on the garden for years. Rotten tomatoes are good for compost.
Reply:Sure.