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Thu, Sep 30, 10 at 3:09
| It rains too much here so I have a cover over my compost pile. The contents are strictly horse manure. I measured the temperature at a spot about a foot deep in a three foot pile. It wasn't in the center, but close and the meat thermometer read 170F. I have had other piles go to 155F, it kills all the bugs, etc. Is 170F too hot? Does anything go wrong at such a high temperature? |
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- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ: Sunset 13 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 30, 10 at 10:46
| horse manure will get extremely hot for a while. You aren't damaging anything. |
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- Posted by nancyjane_gardener USDA 8ish No CA (My Page) on Fri, Oct 1, 10 at 1:00
| Do you add anything to the horse puckey? That sh** gets really HOT! |
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| If that temperature keeps rising your pile of manuure may self combust. Generally when the temperature tops 135 it is time to turn that material. |
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| Depends on the size of your pile. The general opinion is that smaller piles such as a typical backyard pile of up to 5' by 5' wide by 3-4' high do not go much past 160F in the core. Industrial and windrow temp.s can go quite a bit higher, and that is where most or all of the concern lies. |
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