An odd question....using pond plants as much?

[Bushkill]

If you've ever seen what a bed of newly-planted vegetables can look like when whacky late spring weather drops a monsoon on a 4 or 5 inch layer of freshly applied grass clippings and the temperatures rides a rollercoaster for a week: http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/factsheets/botrytisblight.pdf

The concern isn't that the grassclippings from lawns with pesticides and herbicides will kill the plants they are applied to. It's the fact that they release those substances in a vegetable garden you consume the fruits of.

 

[jetajockey]

The important thing with composting is to put a mix of stuff in there, aquatic/pond plants are fine, I grow out azolla for this purpose in particular since it fixes nitrogen.

 

[platytudes]

I do have a compost pile, but since I am moving, adding hornwort to it now won't help. I will definitely take some compost out though, and include it in the planting soil. I just thought I'd save myself some money on mulch (although I may get a few bags still, just less than I would normally) and dispose of the hornwort in a way that was a little more productive.