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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: greentig3r on May 14, 2011, 11:06

Title: 2 week compost method- anyone tried it?
Post by: greentig3r on May 14, 2011, 11:06

We took over our allotment in August and have used up all the compost from the bins.

We have a fair amount of paper and cardboardand thought about shredding this and adding to bins along with chopped up green growth from the weeds/ rhubarb leaves, a bit of topsoil and possibly some wee/ bokashi bran/6X

If we can get enough for a decent sized heap and turn it daily, will we have useable stuff for mulching around veg?

Title: Re: 2 week compost method- anyone tried it?
Post by: SnooziSuzi on May 14, 2011, 11:47

hi greentig3r,

I wouldn't have thought so, but it could be quite good stuff to dig into a trench and use for your beans - they'd love it.

Title: Re: 2 week compost method- anyone tried it?
Post by: LittleRedHen on May 14, 2011, 14:57

It's good to make compost, but it will take some time to decompose even with accelerators such as grass, fertilizer, men's wee.  I rip up every box that groceries come in and put it in the compost bin.  It takes a good three months for it to rot, and that's adding grass and hen poo.  It would be wonderful to line though, if you have a mind to. ;)

Title: Re: 2 week compost method- anyone tried it?
Post by: greentig3r on May 14, 2011, 22:59

Thanks for the advice. We're hoping to do lots of peas and beans so we've got a store for winter, so will try the trench idea.

While I was reading up I found a superb link to a compost calculator,
http://www.klickitatcounty.org/SolidWaste/fileshtml/organics/compostCalc.htm (http://www.klickitatcounty.org/SolidWaste/fileshtml/organics/compostCalc.htm)