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mycosis



Registered: 08/20/07
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compost tumbler
#7445649 - 09/23/07 08:37 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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i just acquired on of these https://www.compostumbler.com/StoreFront/IAFDispatcher
for next to nothing and am planning an outdoor grow project.
got access to hpoo.
what else should i put in it?
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MajorDick
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Re: compost tumbler [Re: mycosis]
#7445761 - 09/23/07 09:14 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Agars compost
I was just thinking of building something like that but wasn't thinking along the lines of a tumbler drum but more of a spiked rooler inside a large compost bin. figured turning it would be good exercise and make blending in the straw a bit less.. "shitty".
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mycosis



Registered: 08/20/07
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Re: compost tumbler [Re: MajorDick]
#7448449 - 09/24/07 05:33 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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wow. thanks!
think i'm gonna try that recipe.
i have access to almost all the ingredients.
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shambler
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Re: compost tumbler [Re: mycosis]
#7448646 - 09/24/07 06:26 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Compost Formula:
Mushroom Compost is a complicated material made from several different materials. Most of it is made from a base of straw or hay. To that is added a small amount of supplements, minerals and manure. A brief out line on how mushroom compost is made follows...
Phase 1, Agaricus bisporus Compost Formula. 1 - Three wire bale formula. Day Treatment to material and ingredients to add. 1 Monday Wet down.*Wheat Straw one bale, or Stable straw with 10% horse manure, ( 50 pounds.) 2 Tuesday Let it sit: 3 Wednesday Let it sit: 4 Thursday Add - dried poultry waste and Urea. (1 Pound - Dried Poultry Waste & 1.2 ounze Urea.) 5 Friday Let it sit: 6 Saturday Flip pile and wet down.* 7 Sunday Let it sit: 8 Monday Flip pile and wet down.* 9 Tuesday Let it sit: 10 Wednesday Let it sit: 11 Thursday Add - dried poultry waste and Urea. (1 Pound - Dried Poultry Waste & 1.2 ounze Urea.) 12 Friday Flip pile. 13 Saturday Flip pile and wet down.* - Add 2 pounds - Cotton Seed Hulls. 14 Sunday Let it sit: 15 Monday Flip pile and wet down.* (Compost will naturally start to heat up to high temperatures.) 16 Tuesday Let it sit: 17 Wednesday Add - 3lbs. Cotton Seed Meal, 2 lbs. Gypsum, 1 lbs. Rape Seed Meal, 1 lbs. Peat Moss. 18 Thursday Turn pile, water lightly.* (Keep the pile in a more compact format to allow heat to build up.) 19 Friday Let it sit: 20 Saturday Turn pile, water lightly.* 21 Sunday Let it sit: 22 Monday Turn pile, water lightly.* 23 Tuesday Let it sit: 24 Wednesday Turn pile, and fill containers. - Ready to pasturize at 142 degrees F. for 6 hours.
http://www.mushroomadventures.com/compost.html
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