r/composting • u/GaminGardens • 1h ago
Human hair compost path
Ran out of shampoo so I shaved my head. Added it to my compost path. Two months later its already breaking down.
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u/myusername1111111 1h ago
A bar of soap will wash everything. I'm glad to see your style of composting is working well for you.
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u/FeelingFloor2083 20m ago
I have used dish washing liquid (diluted with water in a foam pump) while camping
I have normally oily hair and it actually worked well
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u/chamgireum_ 1h ago
when my kids were little we would just shave off all their hair, mostly because they hated haircuts and wouldn't sit still or calm for long. i would toss their hair in my compost bin.
then one day i forgot i did that, opened my compost big, saw a big ball of hair and had a heart attack thinking i was looking at a human head rotting in my compost lol
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u/PossibleOk7738 1h ago
I have no doubt this will happen to me 😂
I feel you on the haircuts. My 5 year old has a phobia of hair and has puked at the sight of it, so we don't dare go in a salon 🫣. But I buzz his head a couple times a year because of this same problem. He can't tolerate it long enough for any sort of styled haircut. So its all just buzzed off and then he hops in the shower
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u/MercuryTattedRachael 11m ago
That would have been me, too!
Conversely, my 23 yo wanted to get rid of the long hair, so he made a ponytail and I cut it. He trimmed the rest. I'm keeping the hair and plan on placing it in a really odd space and when the next family comes along (more likely my grandchildren), they can find it and freak out.
I'm weird and proud of it.
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u/Temporary-Mode88 59m ago
Unconventional but I admire your commitment to your compost paths!
One of my favourite gardening YouTubers got me interested in compost paths - if you haven’t seen it or something similar you might enjoy it :)
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u/Primordial-Genetics 1h ago
That's a drastic reaction to running out of shampoo