|
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
|
psilog
{o:o}


Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 581
Loc: home on the range
Last seen: 1 month, 21 days
|
Steamy Compost
#6591220 - 02/20/07 08:45 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
I was scoping out a potential area for the coming spring. The stables dump all of the animal waste which includes hay/woodchips/manure into a naturally low lying drainage area. They have been doing this for years and years. Only now, am I interested in what it may hold .
I was taking a look at how much erosion had occured in this last month of cold and wet weather. It posed my first question...Should I even be looking here? The dungscape has changed many times since my first outtings. I do find it to be a highly potential area but is possible that the run-off activity is too much for my fungi? I have seen lots of Coprinus micaceus and Pan Foe but am still missing my target...
I also had to question just how hot a rotting pile can become? I somewhat recall hearing that they can spontaneously ignite especially during the hot summer months with windy and dry conditions.
I have read the at 106F spores die but at what point is it too hot inside of a composting heap for the growth of mycelia?
--------------------
|
YESSUP
In The Thick Of It


Registered: 06/26/05
Posts: 2,774
Loc: SE Tex
|
Re: Steamy Compost [Re: psilog]
#6591384 - 02/20/07 09:20 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
Out lying spots where the grass is growing but you still have enough dung but not to much... Compost piles can get well over 200 degrees and have been know to catch fire...
-------------------- Gut Feeling leads to anxiety, Anxiety leads to fear, Fear leads to anger,And anger leads to regret.
|
demiu5
humans, lol


Registered: 08/18/05
Posts: 43,948
Loc: the popcorn stadium
|
Re: Steamy Compost [Re: psilog]
#6591675 - 02/20/07 10:15 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
yea, if the compost pile is high at all, it will get to temperatures that would be very likely to kill spores
-------------------- channel your inner Larry David
|
eris
underground


Registered: 11/17/98
Posts: 48,024
Loc: North East, USA
Last seen: 5 months, 5 days
|
Re: Steamy Compost [Re: psilog]
#6593433 - 02/21/07 11:29 AM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
Is there any kind of shade over it at all? Usually the piles laying out in the sun will just dry up.
-------------------- Immortal / Temporarily Retired The OG Thread Killer My mushroom hunting gallery
|
psilog
{o:o}


Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 581
Loc: home on the range
Last seen: 1 month, 21 days
|
Re: Steamy Compost [Re: eris]
#6593899 - 02/21/07 02:07 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
Lots of shade...dump site begins on semi-flat land next to thick forest. The runoff from this large flat area pushes the said debri down a small hill into forested low lands (it feeds a small stream). The area below the hill is shady and moist, heaps and heaps of dung/hay/woodchips to sift through.
--------------------
|
AJ4U
Cloud N9ne


Registered: 09/06/06
Posts: 5,609
Loc: Dirty Jersey
Last seen: 13 years, 5 months
|
Re: Steamy Compost [Re: psilog]
#6593935 - 02/21/07 02:22 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
Best thing i can think of is to look everywhere
--------------------
|
|
|
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: ToxicMan, inski, Alan Rockefeller, Duggstar, TimmiT, Anglerfish, Tmethyl, Lucis, Doc9151, Land Trout 885 topic views. 2 members, 19 guests and 5 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ] |
|