Compost advice

[Bill HH]

A silly question but can I compost tea bags? do the bags rot down or are they plastic based. Does anyone compost anything unusual? Despite turning and aereorating my compost doesnt seem to get very warm (In Daleks) but it has more worms than you can shake a stick at!

[Bren In Pots]

Bill here's a link to an old thread :-

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...tml#post837999

[Two_Sheds]

Does anyone compost anything unusual?

yep

my compost doesnt seem to get very warm

it doesn't have to: there are 100s of different composting organisms. When it does get hot, it isn't for very long, then it has a cool period
CORNELL Composting - Compost Microorganisms

[Florence Fennel]

Not sure if it's unusual, but I always empty the dustbag of the hoover into the dalek

[zazen999]

If you put your compost together in one session; and layer the greens and browns and wet it down - it gets very hot for about a week; and then it cools. The smaller the bits, the hotter it gets.

[Bill HH]

yep

it doesn't have to: there are 100s of different composting organisms. When it does get hot, it isn't for very long, then it has a cool period
CORNELL Composting - Compost Microorganisms

Thanks Two Sheds, that article from Cornell was very interesting, who would have thought there was so much and such a range of activity going on in my bin.
My compost has been getting warm then I use an aereator expecting it to get even hotter, but it seems that thee intrudction of air actualy cools it down, maybe I have been a bit too entheusiastic with my new tool. Its all about balance.

[stubedo]

Not sure if it's unusual, but I always empty the dustbag of the hoover into the dalek

they can exterminate most things so i`m sure it`ll be ok......



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