Composting crab grass?

[londonlad]

Should I be throwing the crabgrass that i pull out of flower beds by the roots onto the compost heap?

My fear is that comes next spring the compost will simply propogate crabgrass everywhere i use it.

Is that likely?

Thanks in advance

London

[Newt]

Hi London,

If you are cold composting there is the risk that the seeds will not be destroyed in the composting process.* If your compost heats up and has a good balance of greens and browns, it shouldn't be a problem as the weed seeds will be destroyed by the heat.

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/backyard/compost.html

Newt