![]() ![]() It’s amazing how long-lived some seeds are and you probably don’t want to create a giant pile of weed seeds on your property! If you choose this method, make sure to remove any flowering or seeding tops and discard those in the trash. Just don’t use that compost as mulch anywhere else in case there are seeds or surviving roots or fragments. After the plants have dried out (or turned to mush if they are wet weeds), you will have much less material and can more easily discard the material in the trash, burn it if you have that option, or just keep adding more weeds to the pile as it shrinks. Make sure to cover the pile with a tarp to contain the weeds and help them dry out. Policeman’s helmet piled on a tarp and crushed after being pulled. If you don’t have access to yard waste disposal, another option is to create piles in a place where you can keep an eye on them and where the weeds are not likely to take root (such as on tarps, gravel or hard-packed soil). Think morning glory or knotweed.īackyard composting is great for most plants, just not invasive weeds that could re-grow. You probably shouldn’t put anything in your compost bin that you don’t want growing in your garden. If you compost on your own, it might not get hot enough for long enough to destroy seeds and tough roots. Yard waste info for King County residents and tip for Seattle residents about where to put invasive plants. Image captured from the Algona Transfer Station Check the line camera on Oct 17, 2016.įor noxious weeds that are not regulated and not poisonous but still awful, it’s best to put them in yard waste bins or take them to the yard waste section of the transfer station where the plant material will be professionally composted at high temperature. Visit to view the web camera feeds, disposal times, and for facility locations, hours, and directions. Photos of transfer station entrances are updated every 60 seconds to give customers a real-time awareness of the line of vehicles in the queue, and disposal times list how long it is currently taking customers to complete their visit after they have weighed in at the scale house. Time-saver tip for King County residents: Customers heading to the Algona, Bow Lake, Factoria, Houghton, Renton, or Shoreline transfer stations can now view the line of vehicles waiting to enter the stations and see average disposal times. King County noxious weed specialist bagging the flowering tops of tansy ragwort after removal. ![]() Just contact the program to request a voucher. ![]() For noxious weeds that are poisonous or regulated in your county, use garbage bags and discard in the trash. If you are in King County, the noxious weed program will send you vouchers for free disposal of regulated noxious weeds at county transfer stations. Photo by Sasha Shaw.Ī good rule of thumb with noxious weed disposal is to safely dispose of the weeds instead of trying to compost or burn them at home. Old knotweed root crown found on upper Green River growing a new shoot. ![]()
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