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old hand Reged: 11/21/04 Posts: 9056 Loc: Somewhere Else |
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You want the main pile volume ratio's to be about. 70% wheat straw & 30% h/poo (you can go 60/40, 75/25, 80/20%. No big deal) To that, you can add an additional, 20% fruit/produce (leaf type greens) refuse, hot air popped p/corn, coffee ground mix. No particular ratio. Just whatever you have. Except don't go over 20% additional combined total. As for adding fruits. Whatever you can get FREE or CHEAP. Apples are good (crushed). But, go with whatever is local & inexpensive, or free. Tomatoes are fine (crushed). As for gypsum powder, about 1 kilo per 60 kilo of pile. As for vegetable oil, about 1 liter per 50 kilo of pile. With the above mix, no need for blood or soy bean meal. (instead, I would add just a few shovel fulls of poultry litter. (if you can get some FREE) The object is to get the best combination, with ease & cheaply. If I recall, you have a shredder. I would suggest shedding everything, fine (around 1 or 3 inch). That will get the pile working faster & it will complete quicker. As it will result in faster heat up & a fine compost texture. Think of the pile as a meal, for yourself (except its for mycelium). You want meat (in this case h/poo), potatoes/vegetable (in this case wheat straw). Those are the main ingredients. All in all, the rest is desert & the vegetable oil is the wine. (note, if there is a beer brewery anywhere around you. Spent grains from breweries, is also a good addition). --------------------
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