the native
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Hey, looks like a another project to get into....Anyone else had a go building one? Probably worth having a crack.
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Buds420grow
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No but I want to now !
Buds420grow
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I will keep that in mind thank you !
xtsho
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From the results of that video it didn't work very well. A pile on the ground would have been much more composted. Half is just uncomposted wood chips that look like they are right from a bag.
the native
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It is just a suggestion mate. Something to try out. You dont have to put stait woodchips in it, obvioulsey they take longer than other inputs.
the native
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So were in lockdown over here. I've just being looking at different ways to compost other than the traditional ways. I have a compost bin and a tumbler as well as a worm farm. Making a bioreator(maybe) and combining all these different ways of composting, must add diversity to the fungi and bacteria (just guessing). I use all my compost on fruit and veges around the property, so I need a a lot.
I just happened to stumble upon this whilst looking for local dry amendments. The guy who invented it has some pretty cool info on it. I mean he's not trying to sell it, you can build it yourself in different forms. Its no better than any other way of composting, just different and thought I might share.
I just happened to stumble upon this whilst looking for local dry amendments. The guy who invented it has some pretty cool info on it. I mean he's not trying to sell it, you can build it yourself in different forms. Its no better than any other way of composting, just different and thought I might share.
xtsho
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I've used something similar in the past but I've found that just a pile on the ground works just fine. Straight wood chips like was used in that one video probably wasn't the best test of the method. Looks like it needed to be wetted much more. Plus that keeps thing neater which is important to some people.
Make one and show us the results. It probably works better with a variety of garden clippings, food scraps, and yard debris than just straight wood chips.
I had one of these but I gave it away. It was 75 gallons I think. It worked no better than a pile on the ground and I hated the door on the bottom to scoop out the compost.
This is what I do now. I don't even turn it. The pile is one big mass of worms inside so I just let them do their thing. It's a living compost complete with volunteer plants growing in it. I started it early spring and it will not be used until next year when I prep the garden beds. By then it will all be broken down nicely and I'll start another pile for the following year. I compost everything except the woody stuff from trimming trees in the yard. But I'm going to start burning that to make potash instead of putting it in the yard debris bin.
Make one and show us the results. It probably works better with a variety of garden clippings, food scraps, and yard debris than just straight wood chips.
I had one of these but I gave it away. It was 75 gallons I think. It worked no better than a pile on the ground and I hated the door on the bottom to scoop out the compost.
This is what I do now. I don't even turn it. The pile is one big mass of worms inside so I just let them do their thing. It's a living compost complete with volunteer plants growing in it. I started it early spring and it will not be used until next year when I prep the garden beds. By then it will all be broken down nicely and I'll start another pile for the following year. I compost everything except the woody stuff from trimming trees in the yard. But I'm going to start burning that to make potash instead of putting it in the yard debris bin.
the native
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Hey, xtsho that's a great idea for potash. I've read a lot of your post on the gardening forum mate and have got some good tips from there. id love to have the area to grow outside veg like yours, good work. I've always wanted to be able to grow loads and give to family to eat, but have limited space. Do the best in the situation I guess.
I have a small cobbled area that I can compost, hence why I cant just chuck it on the ground. That's why I've been looking at alternatives. I have made a small version from a recycle bin. Unsure how it will work, but until we come outta lockdown I cant get material. I just drilled tons of holes in it.
Also the frame for my tumbler broke, so I tried to make a frame for it. I aint a builder, so you can take the piss out of it
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this passion fruit is 2 years old, I dug out 400mm and removed 3 yucca trees and put in some home made compost and ewc covered with mulch.
The compost was from were I previously lived and I had a couple of those same black compost bins like yours xtsho but bigger. It was about 4 trailer loads.
I have a small cobbled area that I can compost, hence why I cant just chuck it on the ground. That's why I've been looking at alternatives. I have made a small version from a recycle bin. Unsure how it will work, but until we come outta lockdown I cant get material. I just drilled tons of holes in it.
Also the frame for my tumbler broke, so I tried to make a frame for it. I aint a builder, so you can take the piss out of it
.this passion fruit is 2 years old, I dug out 400mm and removed 3 yucca trees and put in some home made compost and ewc covered with mulch.
The compost was from were I previously lived and I had a couple of those same black compost bins like yours xtsho but bigger. It was about 4 trailer loads.