ClareSnow
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When you said you had anaerobic bacteria in your compost, are you sure? was it smelling bad? anaerobic bacteria only grow when there's not enough oxygen and if you're turning the pile every 2 days there should be lots of oxygen. if its white powder might it be mould/fungi? I wrote about the bacteria in compost on my blog here. this post was a correction of a previous post which I got wrong. i'm always adding to my compost knowledge. My compost is very slow because i'm too lazy to turn it as much as you do, altho i aerate it once a week. Mine never gets hot enough for thermophilic bacteria, but it breaks down eventually. And when you wrote that you put glossy magazine paper in your compost, I thought that was a no-no because of the ink used. I put torn up cardboard in mine sometimes, but if its glossy I don't. I've heard that even coloured news print it not so good, although I put any newspaper in my worm farm (every now and then it has coloured pages) and the worms quite happily eat it. I hope your earthworks this week are going well. |
kirsten
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hi clare - yeah pretty sure the white stuff was anaerobic bacteria - the compost got a bit hot at one point, even tho we were turning it - we stuck a bunch of fresh urine on it a couple of times, and i think that was a bit too much nitrogen action for it... it was as i've seen anaerobic bacteria described within soilfoodweb literature... re the glossy newsprint, yes i have heard the same thing regarding heavy metals and inks etc. However, we really wanted to work with what we had, and figure out how to use what we had (ie glossy newsprint) - ultimately I'd prefer not to use it, but until we have other resources, I'd prefer to use what we have on-site... all the best, k |
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