[bigshrimp]

Yes, and thank you all for helping to make this wonderful community with so much to share, big fish and little.

Idk where I'd be without you all. As John Deere said,
I am master of my own domain.

[soursmoker]

Didn't think it was necessary to start a whole thread for this so I figured here would be a perfect place to ask...

I have been slacking on composting my plant watse... i.e: fan leaves, root balls, main stems,.. etc...

I have just been letting it accumulate in rubbermaid containers for a few months now... I don't know what else to do with it besides compost it but I have just been slacking and don't feel like carrying from all the way upstairs to the compost bin outside because it would take multiple trips and I don't want anyone to realize I am bringing shit from inside my house outside to compost it... if it was a small amount it would be no big deal... could just be some veggie scraps and eggs shells but this would take multiple 5 gal buckets...

anyway the real question... we got notice that this is our last year available to lease this place because they want to put it up for sale...

SO... I want to get this shit composted so I don't have to take it with me when I move... BUT how long will it take for everything to properly compost to the point where if someone looked in there and mixed it around they wouldn't be able to recognize anything...?

sorry for the essay guys.. lol

thanks

[xmobotx]

that depends how active your pile is; my current soil mix devours a yarrow in about 2 - 3 weeks {soil mix!} a 'hot' compost pile could easily beat that time w/ a typical plant but; canna stems are fairly resilient ~so how fine you chop it up makes a big difference there

if you have 2 - 3 months that should be plenty of time

[soursmoker]

well it is not the most "active" kinda just let it sit there... nobody messes with it really... but we have more then 3 months so that's all I needed to hear. thanks a lot.

[MileHighGuy]

This Freaking kid knows his worms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP-aEGk1iFs

[VonBudí]

what happened to Mrsterling?

[Oregonism]

Originally Posted by soursmoker

well it is not the most "active" kinda just let it sit there... nobody messes with it really... but we have more then 3 months so that's all I needed to hear. thanks a lot.

A family member of mine, claims 8 days in the barrel composter.

Consistent oxygen levels and correct heat ratios certainly help.

Good compost has two phases [kind of "intermediary levels"]..... going from aerobic w/increased O matter to anaerobic as it heats up. Then the pile cools back to aerobic with increased [sugars aka carbon].....[technical b.s. food for thought....]

[Eighths-n-Aces]

Originally Posted by Oregonism

..... going from aerobic w/increased O matter to anaerobic as it heats up.

I have never heard this before. Do you have a source?

I'm not saying you are wrong, but wouldn't the hot pile start stinking if the anaerobic beasties took over? I thought they were the ones that produce all the funky smells.

[DARC MIND]

from my understanding most typical proper made compost goes threw three but possibly only two with vermicompost/worm composting
https://compost.css.cornell.edu/microorg.html

Under optimal conditions, composting proceeds through three phases: 1) the mesophilic, or moderate-temperature phase, which lasts for a couple of days, 2) the thermophilic, or high-temperature phase, which can last from a few days to several months, and finally, 3) a several-month cooling and maturation phase.

hth

[Eighths-n-Aces]

Thanks for the link Darc.

I did a search for mesophilic and thermophilic and the definitions cover heat but not wether or not they like oxygen. Wikipedia does not go real deep into what is what when they are defining a word.

Do thermophilic bacteria lean toward being anaerobic by nature?