I was about to throw some spent paperwhites in the compost when I started worring about disease. The plants look perfectly healthy, and I assume that virus, at least, will not survive the compost, but I wondered what better informed gardeners had to say. Best, Max Oakland CA zone 9/17 Where we nearly doubled our annual rainfall in the last week, but the only flooding is of Nigella seedlings, which proves that my compost isn't as hot as one would like.