Hot Composting

Make compost FAST – the hotter the pile the faster the pile! Tricia shares her tips for getting your compost pile going in a big way. Compost doesn’t have to take 6 months to a year it can take little as 2 months to turn out rich finished compost.

In a follow-up to his video on composting, Kristopher teaches you some of the things you can and can’t compost such as meat. He tells you how to effectively compost using both brown material and green material.

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Brown Material (Carbon-rich):
Coffee grounds, newspaper, dried leaves

Green Material (Nitrogen-rich):
Grass clippings, veggie scraps

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37 thoughts on “Hot Composting”

  1. Are you being paid to promote these products or are you reviewing them out of your own interest? I don't mind either way but I'd be interest to know.

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  2. If one can't find a compost starter, a five gallon bucket of creek or pond water will get the compost cooking real fast.

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  3. She says use water aged 24 hours to remove chlorine because it kills the micros and then you see her use a garden hose which probably is city water with chlorine. Seem like a conflict there.

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  4. It's now recommended to mix all your ingredients together, once you get the balance of materials together, like you mentioned mixing with the manure fork. Layers are no longer recommended, even by Organic Gardening Magazine. Mix it up like a tossed salad. Grinding the materials up more helps tremendously. I use either my lawn mower, which has a mulching blade, or a chipper/shredder. 🙂

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  5. I used this same method and my pile got so hot I couldn't put my hand in it. The steam was like a hot bath.

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  6. Curing allows the compost to finish off decomposition at a cooler temperature. If you work un-cured compost into the ground it is still decomposing and will actually pull nitrogen out of the soil and away from plants roots to finish decomposition. You can use un-cured compost as a mulch however since the decomposition will finish off above ground away from plant's roots.

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  7. I screwed up and had nothing but nitrogen green materials. All the right green materials, but just green. At this point it has turned into green slimy mush. Can I add brown material in and salvage it or start from square one? The redworms are already in.. don't know if they're still alive.

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  8. How do a person deal with the kitchen bin that gets fruit fly's.I have a plastic bin with a lid which is token out to my compost bin when my kitchen bin is full. I know more often is part of the issue. What are your thoughts?

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  9. What's wrong with walnuts? Pine needles/straw and oak leaves are too acidic for composting. One shouldn't use the leaves or needles of a tree that do not have anything growing under them

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  10. Used coffee grounds are actually classified as a "green" (despite the obvious brown coloration) due to being a nitrogen source rather than a carbon source. Other than that little nit I picked, good video with useful information. Thanks.

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  11. Keep in mind when using manure that if the animal is grazing in a field that has been sprayed with herbicide that this may end up in the compost and then into your garden. This is also true about using any clipping from lawns that were also sprayed with a herbicide.

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  12. Great info Kristopher as always. So my question is this…when i make my home made wine, can i compost the spent fruit after I'm done fermenting it with the yeast?

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  13. I would move the animal refuse (manure) to the don't pile regardless of the source. Just my preference though. I really liked the don't list. I wasn't aware some of those things on it shouldn't be added to compost. – Heidi

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  14. I would have added that anything can be composted, but without proper methods and care things can go very wrong, including being a serious health hazard. I get why it's excluded in content like this, but I find it important to have a broader understanding to really get what's going on.

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  15. Your compost seems to be in a shady spot, is that ok to do? Or does there need to be some sun to help dry it out?

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  16. My compost pile seems to be soppy and wet most of the time. Even in dry weather it is not very fluffy, perhaps I have my ratios incorrect?

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