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| I bought Lifetime dual compost tumbler, 50 gal ea tumbler from Costco for $130. I like the build and quality and specially price.
Anyone used Lifetime products? how many days does it take to compost if all 101 rules are followed? |
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| First I've heard of them. Interesting concept. There are 101 rules?? Or are these like the Pirates Code and it's 'more like a guideline'? Lloyd |
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- Posted by tropical_thought San Francisco (My Page) on Tue, Feb 28, 12 at 12:26
| I looked it up and found video blog of a woman taking "magic" soil from the bin and sticking it in a flower pot. So many things wrong with this, first of all you can't use compost in a flower pot. I think tumblers are not good, but that is beating an old horse to death. If you can get some Starbucks coffee and add a lot of bagged browns you could have two week compost in a bin, but with a tumbler all bets are off. Maybe a tumbler person could mention how long? It helps if you compost is not over wet from bad drainage from a tumbler. Too much coffee, I got to go garden now. |
Here is a link that might be useful: funny composting video
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- Posted by behlgarden 9 (My Page) on Tue, Feb 28, 12 at 12:32
| What constitutes bagged browns? I was planning to get coffee grounds from Coffee Shops and rotting/rotten veggies from some shops that throw them away. |
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| Bagged browns are the leaves you steal from other people when they put them on the sidewalk to go to the dump. |
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- Posted by toxcrusadr (My Page) on Tue, Feb 28, 12 at 14:18
| Other potential browns: Shredded paper (newsprint preferred, leave the office paper to recycle into new paper if you can) Sawdust or wood shavings (avoid treated wood) (can be slow to compost) Wood chips (even slower) |
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- Posted by tropical_thought San Francisco (My Page) on Tue, Feb 28, 12 at 15:50
| Shredded wood mulch you can buy in a bag at nurseries or big box stores. You want a mix of greens and browns. Greens are coffee or fruits or grass clipping. Dried leaves could be browns if you can get enough of them all year and shred them. If you have a large property and a shearer you can make your own browns with wood. |
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- Posted by retnavythom z10 CA (My Page) on Sat, Apr 14, 12 at 23:41
| I really like the LIFETIME line of composters. I have the 75 gallon model (yes, it is difficult to rotate when it is more than half full) and I just got the dual 50 gallon model. I really like the design, the stand and the ease of rotation. I tend to have a shortage of natural browns for my composting (leaves and such) so I use our local free weekly magazine (San Diego Reader). It is printed on a newsprint type paper and they use soy based ink. I pull out the glossy pages when I shred. I collect my kitchen waste and store them in a large zipper bag in my freezer and add then to the composter every few days. I also chop up my waste into small size pieces (for a couple of reasons). (1) saves room in my freezer, (2) I find that they compost faster once they are in the bin and finally (3) freezing the scraps seems to accelerate the break down process. I also get a year round supply of greens from my lawn clippings so I only add Starbucks coffee grounds on rare occasions. Coffee grounds fall into the green part of the browns to greens ratio. I also screen my final compost and add the larger chunks back into the bin for another go round... I see results in as little as 4 weeks but usual go longer unless I just need to loosen up my soil a little. Thanks and happy gardening from San Diego, CA |
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| We have a LIfetime Tumbler as well. We love it. When we get conditions just right we can get finished compost in 3-4 weeks. |
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- Posted by bkbabegardens none (My Page) on Mon, Mar 25, 13 at 14:27
| I just checked and it doesn't look like Costco has the Lifetime dual chamber any more. Can anyone recommend a good value dual chamber tumbler? Thanks! |
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- Posted by anise-hyssop 8 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 26, 13 at 11:05
| bkbabegardens, I just bought one 5 days ago in the store. (Seattle). |
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| I can vouch for this tumbler. http://envirocycle.com/us/home It has a compartment underneath to collect compost tea, I just poured out 1-1/2 gallons of the stuff It looks like used motor oil, needs to be diluted 10-1.. $169.00 and free shipping.Also excellent customer service, I may buy another |
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| Four to six months, IHMO. If you skip the advertising claims, and go directly to good science type info, such as Cornell. Keep in mind that small tumblers like this will not retain heat very well in the colder months, compared to a simple and cheap mesh bin. (Once again IMHO). |
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