here's a link on composting that has some really good info!!...:thumbs:..it has a few pages..it pretty much tells you the best way to do.
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Just read all this, fantastic site! 
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Hey guys, Great link to compost. Thanks.
One question, Temperature? I mixed a load of soil using FD's formula of Black Cow Compost, blood and bone meals, powdered eggshells and babyfood. I'll not add perlite until I'm potting. It's sat 1 weekso far. I can already feel the heat building and wonder what are acceptable temperature levels? If it matters?
One question, Temperature? I mixed a load of soil using FD's formula of Black Cow Compost, blood and bone meals, powdered eggshells and babyfood. I'll not add perlite until I'm potting. It's sat 1 weekso far. I can already feel the heat building and wonder what are acceptable temperature levels? If it matters?
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Hotter the Better - for one the whole composting process takes a lot less time, then the heat helps kill off any weed seeds that have been added to the composting mix.
Just make sure you aerate (turn) the mix often of its running hot. ^^ Note I haven't read the article (yet) - but that's from my years of composting at the allotment.
Just make sure you aerate (turn) the mix often of its running hot. ^^ Note I haven't read the article (yet) - but that's from my years of composting at the allotment.
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eh my only issue with this Post are that tea and soil additions in composting are different. Tea for example should be green based more often like 70+% of green materials verses the Browns in a standard 50-50 mix for soil balancing. works vastly differently between the two. and hot composting isnt covered well because it kills microbes and spores,and the like of Higher heat composting. and didnt even touch on cold composting. which too is just as good imo if things are prepped in careful consideration. just as effective of done right.
I do hot composting , the once it is cooked and cooled down I add microbes and leave it for at least 4 months , turning every 4 or 5 days to oxygenate the pile and keep a eye on the moisture content .
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Compostion on a pile for the first time this year, i'll throw anything on it whats from the garden and kitchen except of meat, printed paper, and such nasty things. started with chopped up sticks, dry and wet, grass and other weeds growing wild were the vegetables will be in one month and i am already happy with the look of it, hope it will rott down to a nice mix.
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Tend it decently and add to it in the right balanced proportions and all will be right with the world. 
i bet it'll do just fine man
i bet it'll do just fine man
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To be honest... unlike following nutrient formulas for hydro feeds - composting is pretty (or should be) organic - use whatever vegetable matter you have - try and get a balance between dry and wet layers and if it isn't good for the canna pots it can go back in the garden.
If you're hot and dry keep it wet and it will compost in weeks. If your cold and dry consider using warm (not boiling <40C water to moisten and raise the temp of your compost bin you'd be surprised what a bit of temp does << a bit like seedlings in a cold frame). If your wet you might need to cover bins and keep moisture out... if you're wet and cold the whole process just takes an extra year to complete - and you need to turn it over at least every 6 months (sigh).
Depending on what you put in can really effect the pH though << I tend to dust layers in big heaps with occasional lime here as on my mix it goes a bit acidic. Some Bonemeal and Sulphate of Potash goes in on the final turn-and-mix.
But I wouldn't get hung up on how many coffee grounds or tea leaves were going in unless you are micro-composting...
Just throw all the veg together and then do a pH check (balance and leave a few weeks if required).
If you're hot and dry keep it wet and it will compost in weeks. If your cold and dry consider using warm (not boiling <40C water to moisten and raise the temp of your compost bin you'd be surprised what a bit of temp does << a bit like seedlings in a cold frame). If your wet you might need to cover bins and keep moisture out... if you're wet and cold the whole process just takes an extra year to complete - and you need to turn it over at least every 6 months (sigh).
Depending on what you put in can really effect the pH though << I tend to dust layers in big heaps with occasional lime here as on my mix it goes a bit acidic. Some Bonemeal and Sulphate of Potash goes in on the final turn-and-mix.
But I wouldn't get hung up on how many coffee grounds or tea leaves were going in unless you are micro-composting...
Just throw all the veg together and then do a pH check (balance and leave a few weeks if required).
