I would think that the anaerobic environment would breakdown everything. But then u have pathogens. After the breakdown of diseased plants, can anaerobic compost be used in the garden as safe compost??
Anonymous
Normally you burn diseased plants. The problem is that fungus, bacteria and viruses once spread into an orchard or larger area are impossible to control. So, if you replant with a vulnerable species, eventually that plant will get the disease. That is why you should only plant varieties that are resistant to disease. Why there are root stock and grafted trees, etc. Cotton root rot is a soil fungus that is dormant in old cotton fields, which is where ever cotton will grow. You can put a vulnerable plant in the ground a 100 years later and it might die from the fungus. So, to answer your question. It really doesn't make much difference because whatever killed the plant is still there.
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Every year, I have the same tomato disease. (blight) It over-winters here in the midwest USA and comes back again.
οικος
Not a good idea. THEORETICALLY, the heat of composting should kill the pathogens but that doesn't always happen.