Topic profile page for Composted.
This page has aggregated data from forum posts, threads, listings, online discussions, newsgroups, messageboards, and other online sources which contain user generated content for the term: Composted.
Topic "Composted" was discussed 0 times on 0 sites in last 3 months
Started 1 day, 11 hours ago (2009-12-16 02:55:00)
by kimcoco
For lack of a better forum, question about adding compost to my planting beds in the spring.... Do I just add a layer of composted manure on top of the entire planting bed, or do I have to be sure to add the compost AROUND all the dormant and unseen perennials? I realize this probably sounds silly, but I'm sick of mulch and would rather add the compost to all my beds this year, and want to make...
Started 1 week, 5 days ago (2009-12-04 15:43:00)
by SteelBallsPat
on The Stress Factor! Come check out some wigger slam with a live performance from Composted!! Then we have special guests Revocation, recently signed to Relapse records, for an interview. Should be a sweet show! _________________ "Forests to precede civilizations, deserts to follow."
Started 1 day, 16 hours ago (2009-12-15 21:29:00)
by munichtexan
Sorry guys, been composting for years. The dirt is much blacker and richer than the soil that is not composted. Yet many would have me believe that composting releases all of the CO2 originally gathered by the plants back into the air. I can understand burning, but composting? I wait for the enlightened ones to educate me!!!!
Started 19 hours, 45 minutes ago (2009-12-16 18:13:00)
by Brian N
It helps to know what elements predominate the biomass and by what ratio. Biomass is mostly made of cellulose built out of sugar molecules CH20. Ignoring the trace element nutrients, 30 lbs of this sugar is made of 12 lbs of carbon + 2 lbs of hydrogen + 16 lbs of oxygen + stored solar energy. (Atoms of C, H & O have almost relative masses of 12, 1 & 16). Still ignoring the trace elements, if you...
Started 22 hours, 23 minutes ago (2009-12-16 15:35:00)
by kimcoco
"for lack of a better forum"....duh, I thought I was in the composting forum, not the soil forum, though I see they are one and the same. Thanks...I'll compost with some mulch.
Started 3 days, 17 hours ago (2009-12-13 20:35:00)
by thegardenguru
"Potting Soil", in the best sense, is never made with actual soil. "Potting Soil" is technically called "potting mix" in the commercial plant production world. "Soil" is what you find in your back yard and on the prairie and on good farms. It is mineral component, organic component and living component (the latter two often combined and stated as "bio-organic"). I'm sorry if my ...
Started 5 days, 1 hour ago (2009-12-12 12:19:00)
by borderbarb
In response to Soilguy's very data-rich, thoughtful post [12/10]: I defer to the knowledge you've gained in your 60+ years of comp/OG and agree that "ecperience counts". Which is the point of the caution expressed by some on this thread. Many of us are not at year 60 or year 30 in our experience/skill. More like at year 1 or so. As you say "experience counts" and I would guess that in the ...
Started 22 hours, 38 minutes ago (2009-12-16 15:20:00)
by whgille
Elizabeth It should be fine, make sure anything that you add is well composted. Only after I harvest, I add new ingredients like black cow manure or plain potting soil. If you think you need fertilizer, use a slow release fertilizer. I use 13-13-13 Nutracote is also sold as Dynamite in HD. I use this in my tomatoes for containers. Try to rotate the crops in your bed, for example ...
Started 3 days, 18 hours ago (2009-12-13 19:30:00)
by tinydancer
Quote: Originally Posted by ModerateVoice Seriously?! No guff. Murder and mystery only surpass Hannity for me. Ira killed Holly and composted her. They called him the Unicorn killer. Her body was dripping down the walls in this apartment complex. He Mr Green Earth Day hid out in France for ...
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-12-09 11:13:00)
by Alyallen
Quote: Originally Posted by Delirium's Brother From what I remember doing development work... I think that you have to compost human waste for as much as two years. My memory could be completely shot; and I could be wrong, but I seem to remember that number. It takes that long to break down the pathogens in human feces. Maybe Hojucandy can correct me on this. I'd look it ...
Started 3 days, 15 hours ago (2009-12-13 22:52:00)
by mom_julsie
Surely you don't believe that a human's digestive system works the same as a cows do you? No, not in all ways, but when it comes to bacteria the human body will react the same as most mammals except of course, the whale I know for a fact that at one time, mammal particles were in the feed, in this country. They may not do it now, but they used to. You are correct. I believe this...
Started 2 days, 13 hours ago (2009-12-14 23:59:00)
by soilguy
It it was ALIVE, and is now DEAD (or harvested/excreted) it CAN be composted. Period. How depends on the method being used. Hot aerobic, cold aerobic, or anaerobic. If aerobic, also depends on how often the material is turned/screened (re-aerated) and percentage of water and how well the pile is insulated. Bones and shells take longer than plant tissue and flesh. Fiberous material ...
Started 1 day, 15 hours ago (2009-12-15 22:16:00)
by soilguy
Oh, my... Kimmsr - you're half right on this one, but still perpetuating old myths, eh? When is the last time you read a technical paper published after 1980, on probablilty of pathogens in feline feces? Good girl, barb - for feeling guilty about helping to fill up another landfill. DON'T just throw it in the trash. sylviatexas, you have a good head on your shoulders IMO. I have two ...
