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Small-sized materials that are aerated, moist, and warm are the conditions which the microbes in a compost heap like.
Specifically, such aerobic micro-organisms as actinomycetes, bacteria, and fungi benefit from oxygen levels which exceed 5%. The level can be achieved by regularly turning the heap's layers of cut, shredded, split, trimmedmaterials. The micro-organisms favor a compost heap whose moisture level hovers between 40 and 60%. That range is attained by regularly watering the heap's layers so that a handful feels like a wrung-out wet sponge but yields only 1-2 actual drops-worth of moisture. The micro-organisms need a consistent temperature range of 90-140ºF. (32.23-60ºC). Nitrogen-rich material -- but not beyond a ratio of 1:25-1:30 to carbon -- and turning produces the requisite heat, whose level can be monitored by inserting a bar, which should feel uncomfortably warm to the touch upon removal from the heap's middle.
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What do you do with compost heap soil?
Communal gardens, community centers, and neighborhood centers are ways in which a community can use a compost heap. A compost heap may be constructed as part of a neighborhood association pooling resources. It also may serve as a role model and teaching resource in centers and schools.
How can you tell a carrot is rotten?
Rotten ones will be mushy. slimy, and smell like a compost heap.
What do you need for a compost heap?
Microbes will eat everything organic. The more microbes and the better the mixture of your compost "salad" the faster and the more efficient they will work for you.HOW TO CARE FOR & MAKE COMPOSTOne part green and 2 parts brown,makes your compost turn into ground. Add some water and some soil, turning is the only toil.C.R., Ray Ayer, "The Compost Guru", feel free to use with attribution1.To make good compost you need a mixture of 30 parts carbon to 1 part nitrogen. If you mix 1 part grass with 2 parts or more of leaves that is about the right mixture. Too much grass and it will putrefy and smell. All leaves will take a year of longer to break down and will not be a "great" compost.2. Microbes actually do the work of composting. If you take care of them with moisture and oxygen they will work their butts off for you.3. You need to think of them as your little "pets" and keep them moist. Like a wrung out sponge. Adding a shovel full or so of soil or manure or other compost will "seed" your compost with the microbes you need. Sort of like making yogurt or sourdough.4. You must get a compost fork and leave it in the compost pile. That way every time you add something you will naturally turn it in. Like cake batter you need to mix in the ingredients. Turning also exposes fresh material to oxygen. With out oxygen your little pets will die and stink. Turning also hides food waste that is objectionable to your neighbors, and reduces the chance of critters other than your "microbe pets" chewing them up. Do not put the garden fork in the garage! You will never turn the pile if it is not left in the pile.You now have a PhD in compost. (Piled higher and deeper)R.A. the Compost Guru
Is carrot is producer consumer or decompose?
A carrot is a vegetable that most humans like to eat. We are the consumer of carrots, and as we grow carrots, we are the producer. As to decomposer, any carrots we throw on the compost heap is there to be decomposed.
You have white maggots in your compost. Is that bad?
Those white maggots are fly larva (fly babies) and they will turn into flies. Chances are, once they are grown, they will mate and die right there in the compost heap. And have more maggots. So if you like the idea of flies living in your garden, no it's not a bad thing. If not, well....
How to Create Natural Lawn Fertilizer?
Chemical lawn fertilizer can be harmful to the environment because it seeps down into the water table and contaminates our drinking water. There are natural alternatives to chemical fertilizers that actually provide more nutrients to your lawn and cost you far less to use. Build a Compost Heap It is simple to create your own compost heap. Simply find a container that is about a square foot wide and has a lid. It can be as deep as you like. Place the container in a corner of your yard that is not used very often. Compost heaps develop an unpleasant odor as they work to decompose the organic material that you will use as a fertilizer, so it is nice to have them located far away from a place where people need to work or play. Make sure you do not alienate your neighbors by placing your compost heap near their back doors. Collect Organic Material Once you have set up your compost container, begin to collect all of the organic garbage that you make in your daily life. The easiest way to do this is to create a separate garbage bin in the kitchen for organic items. You can keep all manner of organic waste to use in your compost heap. Bones, skins, egg shells, and anything else that comes from an animal or plant can be used to create excellent compost. Different kinds of organic materials have different kinds of nutrients, so it is good to have a wide variety of objects. Compost Decomposition Once you have collected the organic garbage, you should place it into your outdoor compost container so that it will decompose naturally. You can help speed up the decomposition process by keeping the compost bin damp and covered so that the compost will continuously break down all of the elements in the garbage. There are compost starters that you can purchase from home and garden stores if you need to use your compost heap as fertilizer before it has time to naturally decompose your garbage. As long as you keep throwing organic garbage on the heap, you will continue creating your own natural fertilizer.
How does compost look like?
It depends on what sort of compost you get. But multipurpose compost is like soil but it hasn't got any rocks in it.
What does compost heap smell like?
No, compost bins do not smell if proper materials are recycled and proper procedure is followed, but yes, they will if improper or proper materials are not aerated, layered, moisturized, and turned adequately. Compost bins yield a dark-colored, fresh-smelling, nutrient-rich product with correctly aerated, heated, moisturized carbon- and nitrogen-rich materials.
Can sawdust be used in a compost pile?
Yes, sawdust can be used in compost. Anything organic can be composted, including you and other animals and paper. Cellulose is difficult to digest by your hardworking microbes so make sure to have lots of green nitrogen material mixed in with it, ie. grass clippings, manure & food waste. Make sure there is NO treated wood sawdust as this is all poisonous. HINT, but a garden fork and leave it in the compost pile at all times. this way you will automatically turn over your mix each time you visit it. This adds oxygen, as well as blending in the microbes with the materials. HINT 2, throw a few shovel fulls of topsoil or other compost as a starter. Keep the material damp like a wrung out sponge. Ray "the compost Guru".
What can microbes do?
There are both harmful and useful microbes. Harmful microbes like bacteria,virus and fungus can cause diseases while some useful microbes like bacteria can help in fermentation process like the yeast or as food like mushroom and many lacobacillus microbes that help in producing vitamins and in synthesis of food.Many microbes help produce antibiotic medicines. Microbes like algae are edible or help by photosynthesis to maintain the CO2 -O2 balance in the environment.
Do microbes have brain?
Microbes do not have brains but they are like all the other organisms.
What is another word for large pile that rhymes with leap?
Heap. Like, a 'heap of books'
