Subject: Re: Smoking compost. Is it not ripe yet?
From: "NHAdapt" <nhadapt@cyberportal.net>
Organization: MonadNet
Date: 19 Oct 1997 19:30:07 GMT
Message-ID: <MOD$971019.9266@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$971018.28855@rec.gardens.ecosystems>



dhs wrote in article
<MOD$971018.28855@rec.gardens.ecosystems>...
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> I just ordered several cubic yards of compost (so called >organic), *sniped*Does
> this mean that it is not ripe? Does a pile of compost stop >generating heat after it is all done? And is it ever all done?
> Should I use this compost???
> Thanks Lisa Lisa I think if you work this into the area where you plan to plant, and
let it sit for a few days the 'heat' should all be gone.
No it probably wasn't all done composting when you got it. No big deal.
I might let the pile cool out before putting at around tender plants is
all.
Tom
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