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compost in tumbler turns into balls of goo
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Posted by
j.e.bennett 8a (
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Tue, Nov 16, 10 at 0:00
| Looks like horse manure. I have a tumbler from Costco with air tube low center. Only a third full now. Was two thirds full to start. I tumble it five or more rotations (almost) every day. It seems to be wet enough. Straw is 'cooking' the least. I suppose that is to be expected. It is green stuff from our garden, some leaves, some grass clippings, a little fruit and vegetables, chicken manure. I added some 'Compost Starter' and some ammonium sulfate. The stuff is balls of goo. Any ideas what I could to make it work? -jeff |
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RE: compost in tumbler turns into balls of goo
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| Material placed in a composter that clumps together does so most often because of too much moisture in the mix. |
RE: compost in tumbler turns into balls of goo
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| i had this problem when i originally started tumbling. add dry material like leaves and make sure you shred them up well. try leaving the lid open for a day, too. |
RE: compost in tumbler turns into balls of goo
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| I would add leaves as well. When you start your next round try 50% leaves "browns", 50% other(in this 50% I like 20% manure 30% "greens.") |
RE: compost in tumbler turns into balls of goo
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- Posted by pt03 3 Southern Manitoba (My Page) on
Mon, Nov 22, 10 at 21:27
| Sandy and Martin installed rods going through their tumblers to break up clods and balls, seemed to work well for them. There was a really old thread with some pictures on this but I can't find a link to it anymore. Sandy, if you're around can you re-post the pictures of yours? Lloyd |
straw in tumblers...
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- Posted by pt03 3 Southern Manitoba (My Page) on
Mon, Nov 22, 10 at 21:42
RE: compost in tumbler turns into balls of goo
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| Clumping of materials was a problem I had more with my tumbler, and less with my mesh bins. Try: 1) shredding the material into smaller pieces.
2) reduce the moisture of materials going in
3) Mixing the materials before putting them into tumbler |
RE: compost in tumbler turns into balls of goo
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- Posted by pt03 3 Southern Manitoba (My Page) on
Mon, Nov 29, 10 at 16:33
| Found the old thread with pictures of Sandy's tumbler with the rods installed. |
RE: compost in tumbler turns into balls of goo
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Being a wormer, I say perfect.
The worms love to play ball with compost goo!
At least mine do. The goo balls are always anaerobic too.
That way I can tell that the worms aren't loafing. |
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