Can straw go in a composter

I had a box of strawberry plants delivered from an organic company in Devon or Cornwall (can't remember which) and they were packed in straw. I was just wondering on the subject title really. I don't need it to put under the strawberries themselves as I'm growing them in a tower.

 

Yes, it can

 

Thanks Liz. Will do.

 

Make sure you mix it with plenty of green stuff and it is damp. It would be ideal to mix with lawn mowings that go all soggy and horrible when composted on their own.

 

Chuck it in !

 

Hi Mrs Bobs,

Basic rule of thumb for compost....if it isn't metal, glass or plastic (i.e. man made) then it can go in. Obviously somethings take longer to rot down than others and a good mix is always best. Even old cotton clothing and egg shells will rot down eventually.

 

I would avoid putting in things like roots of couch grass, convolvulous or similar weeds, also ripe seed heads, some seeds never seem to rot down, poppies, allyssum, tomatoes for example.
Tomato seeds even survive the human digestive system and the sewage treatment works.