may remember that Roy asked the excellent question - should rhubarb leaves be composted, if they are poisonous? After all, if the leaves are that toxic, should the resultant compost be used on fruit and veg?
We have turned to the excellent website "The Rhubarb Compendium", found at www.rhubarbinfo.com (or click on the web name above to open it in a separate window). If you are a rhubarb aficionado, this website contains a mass of information including recipes, botanic information and such like. If you hate rhubarb (like me - Rhubarb to rhubarb is my motto - Ed), avoid the site like the plague!
Anyway, the answer is that the poisonous element, oxalic acid, is broken down very quickly, diluted and then pH balanced in the compost, and therefore should present no problem at all. So, Roy, keep on composting!
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