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    A silly question but can I compost tea bags? do the bags rot down or are they plastic based. Does anyone compost anything unusual? Despite turning and aereorating my compost doesnt seem to get very warm (In Daleks) but it has more worms than you can shake a stick at!
    photo album of my garden in my profile http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...my+garden.html

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    Bill here's a link to an old thread :-

    http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...tml#post837999
    Location....East Midlands.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Bill HH View Post
      Does anyone compost anything unusual?
      yep

      Originally posted by Bill HH View Post
      my compost doesnt seem to get very warm
      it doesn't have to: there are 100s of different composting organisms. When it does get hot, it isn't for very long, then it has a cool period
      CORNELL Composting - Compost Microorganisms
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #4
        Not sure if it's unusual, but I always empty the dustbag of the hoover into the dalek
        Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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        • #5
          If you put your compost together in one session; and layer the greens and browns and wet it down - it gets very hot for about a week; and then it cools. The smaller the bits, the hotter it gets.
          Last edited by zazen999; 20-09-2013, 05:59 PM.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
            yep

            it doesn't have to: there are 100s of different composting organisms. When it does get hot, it isn't for very long, then it has a cool period
            CORNELL Composting - Compost Microorganisms
            Thanks Two Sheds, that article from Cornell was very interesting, who would have thought there was so much and such a range of activity going on in my bin.
            My compost has been getting warm then I use an aereator expecting it to get even hotter, but it seems that thee intrudction of air actualy cools it down, maybe I have been a bit too entheusiastic with my new tool. Its all about balance.
            photo album of my garden in my profile http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...my+garden.html

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Florence Fennel View Post
              Not sure if it's unusual, but I always empty the dustbag of the hoover into the dalek
              they can exterminate most things so i`m sure it`ll be ok......



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              ........EXTERMINATE!

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