Organic Compost

Thanks ill set that up tonight and see how it works. I plan to pick up some fish emulsion and bone meal. Will this help the worms? Or should i just use this in my compost. I have trash cans and ill try to get a picture. thanks for the info

I made a farm today i couldn't find any worms so i'll let it set until i find some. I used a grapefruit and some oranges will that work? How long will it take fresh compost to turn into a usable soil? It gets up to 65 around here on a sunny day and I used a good bit of lime.

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Originally Posted by Earthy Dank

Hey I just started a Compost pile and I wanna know if anyone else knows anything highly nutritional i can add other than fruit peels,egg shells, ect. Plus anything that helps speed up decomposition. Thanks for help

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you want worms mate and plenty of them...worm castings or worm shit to the rest of us is dynamite for cannabis plants, they love it, packed with nitrogen for veggin but will not over fert or burn your plants

It must be too cold because i cant seem to find any worms. My compost has a bunch of leaves. How long will it take for leafs to break down compleately. Will i be able to use this compost now for fall? How can i increase the bacterias that help to decompose stuff?

You might want to put an activator in the compost pile. Dried leaves, fruit matter, and grass works good in a compost, but you need something that's hot. Something like cow manure, maybe even use your own urine [ I shit you not ]. This should add a nice shot of nitrogen to the mix and get serious decomposition started.

I've added blood meal and i plant to get some 5 year old mulch and some horse manure. When will it be full composted? Will it be ready by late summer?

It is fully composted when it smells like clean dirt and doesn't mould when you put it in a sealed container for a few days. It's better to let it go an extra year than to use it too soon. My mix of seaweeds, table scraps, vegetation, fish, and cat carcasses goes about 3 years before I use it on anything. I'm really paranoid of moulding out a crop . . . and mould absolutely loves the indoor garden!

Indoor organics.... Nice..

for worms you shouldnt use any meat based material at all. google worm farming. rabbit and goat shit is supposed to be really good for worms and compost high in nitrogen and shouldnt burn plants even if fairly fresh. i read that so dont do your whole garden or anything, but try it out. while looking into worm farming and rabbit raising they seamed to be combined alot.

human urine is a good additive to compost, it is ammonium nitrogen and requires microbials to convert it to nitrogen. The key to efficient and quick compost is the overall Carbon to Nitrogen ratio, this should be 25-30(carbon):1 (nitrogen).Some Carbon rich materials (wet compost) would be fallen leaves, shredded newspaper (provided its using soy ink ), shredded card board, straw, sawdust, and woodships and Nitrogen would be greens you find this in kitchen scraps, fresh leaves, grass clippings, and so does manure. Along with moisture the consistency of a rinsed sponge ( not too much, will rob oxygen and be counterproductive ) it should begin to "cook" and break down.