How to make compost
February 4, 2010 by admin
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This how-to video by the nonprofit group Kitchen Gardeners International shows you step-by-step instructions for successful organic composting.
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@oarfrost
…..empty one bag into another, which will allow air to get in and feed the micro organisms. Keep the waste moist (lots of heaps don’t compost because they are too dry). A large, regularly turned outdoor heap will be ready in three to six months. An indoor heap should be slower because it won’t be able to heat up so well.
@golddragnet
“I have it plastic-bin bags, when the bag is full it is in storage, how long will it take to make? Should the bag be tied or kept open to let air in?”
It really depends on the size of the bags. This is a great video, but it didn’t mention that, ideally, a compost heap should be at least 3′ x 3′ x 6′. That keeps the heat in and allows the various bugs to break the rubbish down into compost. Your kitcken waste will need air, so keep the bags open and every week or so…..
@suetombo69
“i unknowingly mixed in unfinished compost into my garden, now my seedling are not germinating… what should i do?”
Actually, it may be that the compost is too rich rather than unfinished. More plants die of overfeeding than from starvation. Gardeners make a fuss of their plants because, well, they are gardeners, not because they should.
Beautiful pics mixed with live action and great info. Thanks!
I am living in a apartment without a garden, I want to use all our waste food to make compost for growing wheatgrass, it must all be stored indoors in containers. I have it plastic-bin bags, when the bag is full it is in storage, how long will it take to make? Should the bag be tied or kept open to let air in?
i unknowingly mixed in unfinished compost into my garden, now my seedling are not germinating… what should i do?
As often as you can. The more air you can get throughout your pile the faster it will decompose and the less likely it will go anaerobic.
would there be a lot of nitrates in compost?
Composting can be as complicated or as simple as you want it to be and, to use a well worn cliche-as-a-pun: You get out of it what you put in.
Nice contribution. Showed my kids, we are trying to begin a compost pile at my house this coming year. We started gardening last year.
We installed a 4.2kW rooftop wind turbine system that’s worth looking at if anyone is interested. I posted that to look at. So, next we are going to start composting.
jesus this sooooooo complex.
take a lot of shit and throw it around your garden and your plants will grow like a jem.
I just started my pile 2 weeks ago comprised of the old lawn and various yard clippings and tablescraps. I’ve kept the piles moist and have already turned them 3x in the last 2 weeks. How often should my pile be turned over?
great video and thanks
Great vid, thanks for sharing.
My compost tumbler never seems to be warm and never is hot. The bacteria need a certain temp to be active, right? What can you do to get the temperature up?
It shouldn’t because composting is made possible by bacteria. Bacteria can survive in the winter or very cold climates (remember all the winter colds you have had before? lol).
Besides, the center of the compost pile is very warm. Did you see that steam coming out of the compost pile in the video?
It may take longer for things to break down in the winter, but it can still be done with the same techniques.
I have a smaller garden and I use a 2 stage VERTICAL composter. It is made from a bought compost bin on top of a home built bottom unit.
It is a few years old now and it takes a lot of the work out of composting. When the compost is half made, you just pull it down into the bottom chamber! No heavy turning! The compost is better and quicker than when I used a one stage bin. Please check it out in the video responses and make one for yourself.
Brian
If you have it in a bucket, the reason why it is wet is because the water has no where to go! either tip it out and dig it into the soil now and let it dry out of its own accord, or drill/ puncture a few holes in the bottom of your bucket. The only difference between dirt and mud is water! Get that goodness in the ground and grow some vegies!!!!!
what about during winter like with the snow and all? does the cold make a difference or if were trying to make a compost pile in a colder place.
let it dry up, dumbass
Thanks for great help. I’m going to do a lot of flower business more HOW TO videos at HOW2ANSWERS NET
and in realtion to my last question i forgot to add its in a bucket not on the ground in a bowl type thing is that bad?
im having some trouble with my compost. i recently checked it and it was very much decomopoosed but really really wet like mud so i put in some more dirt and left it and checked it 3 day6s later and it was just like wet dirt. but my real question is how do you make the compost acutally look like the dirt and not mud?
It’s not only a southern thing. I am from up-state N.Y. and we composted for years. We grew our own vegetables in our ONE ACRE garden. All the vegetables I had from the age of five to 19yrs was all grown by my family.