The Cold Truth About Hot Compost: 4 Reasons Why It's Not Heating Up

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Urban Worm Company

Urban Worm Company

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@rickjay4639
@rickjay4639 Жыл бұрын
I've been composting for 40 plus years. I'm sure this the best tutorial on composting that I've seen. Every beginning gardener and worm farmer should watch this video. Very well done.
@UrbanWormCompany
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
How nice of you!
@wastedowncomposting4805
@wastedowncomposting4805 Жыл бұрын
Excellent delivery of the information!
@UrbanWormCompany
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@maggiepie117
@maggiepie117 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the pertinent info. I am a compost addict so all the new knowledge, the better.
@katie1515katie
@katie1515katie Жыл бұрын
So CLEAR, Steve - thanks!
@UrbanWormCompany
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate the kind words, Katie!
@OLENFARM
@OLENFARM 9 ай бұрын
How one video could be this so great? Thank you so much from South Korea
@johnduffy6546
@johnduffy6546 5 ай бұрын
Excellent explanation!
@clivesconundrumgarden
@clivesconundrumgarden Жыл бұрын
Excellent Steve. Vermicomposting has helped me a ton with our hot composting. Over watering and too much nitrogen was an err that I've corrected over the year. Your nose and squeeze test are essential imo. Cheers 🌱👍
@UrbanWormCompany
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
Thanks Clive!
@dnawormcastings
@dnawormcastings Жыл бұрын
Great tips on composting 🇳🇿❤
@UrbanWormCompany
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@biglylesworms1297
@biglylesworms1297 Жыл бұрын
I'm trying to make a lot of worm castings and have a friend that runs a lawn care company and is willing to give me all the clipping I know I need to precompose it but do I need to worry about chemicals in it I've done some in small batch worked great but can the castings kill plants if the chemicals are in the clipping love the videos and thank you for your help
@AlvinMcManus
@AlvinMcManus Жыл бұрын
Great info, but you didn't cover the use of some of the commercially available bins. I have a tumbler a square bin and a drilled trash tote. They all break down, but slowly and usually cool like 85-95 degrees Fahrenheit. l know my C-N ratio is off because I always have more green than brown available that needs composting, except in the fall when my very large Oak tree sheds its thousands of leaves. So, I guess I'll just live with what I got and make sure that they don't get stinky by turning often. BTW my UWB is doing great.
@UrbanWormCompany
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
This video is about thermophilic composting. In order for a pile to retain heat, it needs to be at least 3 cubic feet to have enough thermal mass. Commercial bins and tumblers are meant for "cold" composting, just like you said. I like to store leaves and save them for the spring and summer when I'm low on carbon sources.
@scruffynerfhearder8915
@scruffynerfhearder8915 10 ай бұрын
Love the vid and calculator! I use a food cycler to dry and break down kitchen scraps. How would I calculate dried vegetable and food scraps into the calculator? Or is it the same as wet vegetable and food scraps?
@UrbanWormCompany
@UrbanWormCompany 10 ай бұрын
Thanks! The C:N is likely the same. The Food Cycler is a grinder/dehydrator, right? If so, that material won't be materially different than regular food waste.....it's just been fragmented and dewatered.
@scruffynerfhearder8915
@scruffynerfhearder8915 9 ай бұрын
@@UrbanWormCompany Thanks for the reply🙏 One more question. So how would that affect the C:N ratio (I'm using dried veg scraps and cardboard) when starting a new pre-compost pile when using dry weight to calculate the amount of C and N since I'm assuming your calculator is for wet weight food scraps? Thanks in advance!
@bob678jordan
@bob678jordan Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@timdaly6042
@timdaly6042 Жыл бұрын
Wondering if you have an episode to get a frozen but thawed going.. I'm going to airate for now. What temp is needed to get it started again? Tim. Aurora canada.
@UrbanWormCompany
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
Hi Tim, I don't have one of those episodes unfortunately. I'm sure you're fighting nature up there in Canada to get hot composting going. Was the pile ever hot? If not, then you likely never had enough nitrogen-rich waste to get the microbes going.
@karenharelson9616
@karenharelson9616 7 ай бұрын
New to composting, bought a Tumblr. For two months, I’ve been adding kitchen scraps “greens“ from produce, “browns“ that I’ve read about. It seems moist, liquid drips out the bottom some. No bad smells. Still, no heat, any suggestions about that?
@MonzGary
@MonzGary 9 ай бұрын
Just started a compost pile, turning it is going to be difficult. Its at least 3x3x3 in an enclosed bin. Rather than turn it, I took a metal rod and dug 15 inch holes and put greens into the holes (coffee grounds). Will this work even if slower than turning it? My bin appears to be brown heavy and a little dry (some areas hydrophobic).
@califuturist
@califuturist 5 ай бұрын
Complicated 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
@jeffsmith3350
@jeffsmith3350 Жыл бұрын
25 carbon to 1 nitrogen? ehhh? I'm always hearing 1 to 1, or 2 to 1, etc. But 25/30 to 1? What am I not understanding?
@UrbanWormCompany
@UrbanWormCompany Жыл бұрын
You’re probably thinking in volume terms, Jeff between what we would call browns (carbons) and greens (nitrogen-rich material). The C:N is the ratio of carbon to nitrogen but the thing to keep in mind is that the highest-nitrogen materials like chicken manure are 6:1, meaning that the high nitrogen stuff still has 6x more carbon than nitrogen. The C:N communicates the mass of carbon relative to the mass of nitrogen in a given substance. The 1:1 or 2:1 is often what the volumes look like, though.
@jeffsmith3350
@jeffsmith3350 Жыл бұрын
@@UrbanWormCompany aha OK hahahahaha. I get it now. Thanks for the reply!
@williamtaylor7136
@williamtaylor7136 6 ай бұрын
Thanks though
@erikweisz6647
@erikweisz6647 5 ай бұрын
Whoever thought a compost pile is that complicated. I've been doing it for a couple years and still haven't got the ratios right
@Mattallen94
@Mattallen94 5 ай бұрын
Vehicles also need correct timing
@williamtaylor7136
@williamtaylor7136 6 ай бұрын
What????
@williamtaylor7136
@williamtaylor7136 6 ай бұрын
What
@williamtaylor7136
@williamtaylor7136 6 ай бұрын
Whatttt,,,, nevrrmind whatever
@Idontknowy2
@Idontknowy2 2 ай бұрын
I don’t know
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