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Compost Tumbleers -- repost

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

Sorry -- I meant this for the list and it went to individuals instead. (Some
of the lists I'm on, hitting reply causes it go to the list; on this list,
reply sends it to the author. Gotta learn to keep the lists straight.)

Hi, sq ft-ers --

I bought one of those ComposTumblers (r) but haven't cranked it up yet. At
first we didn't have 60 degree or higher temps, then we didn't have the
ability to do grass catching with the new riding mower (the catcher is on
order).

Anyway, here are the instructions:

Establish your ratio of fresh nitrogen [green stuff] and carbom [brown
stuff] materials using either a 4;1 ratio for vegetation (four parts of fres
green materials to one part of a dead brown material), one of the sample
recipes on page 21, or by figuring out your own ratio using the formula on
page 19.

The formula it talks about is (to me) fairly coplex, and tells you how to
mathematically figure a carbon to nitrogen ratio between 25:1 or 35:1,
depending on what you want and the materials you have at hand to use.

Here aresome recipes:

Recipe #1 -(C/N ration = 34:1)
Fresh grass clippings -- 12 parts
Sawdust -- 3 parts

Recipe #2 (C/N Ration - 29.5:1)
Straw -- 3 parts
Kitchen waste -- 3 parts
Fresh grass clippings -- 9 parts

Recipe #3
Dead leaves -- 9 parts
Fresh weeds -- 3 parts
Dehydrated (store bought) cow manure -- 3 parts

Recipe #4 -- (C/N ratio = 32.6:1)
Fresh grass clippings -- 9 parts
kitchen waste -- 3 parts
black & white newsprint (shredded, premeasured and soaked in water) -- 3 parts

Recipe #5 (C/N ratio = 33:1)
Fresh horse manure -- 7 parts
sawdust -- 3 parts
dead leaves -- 3 parts

And the addendum I posted to someone different (sorry):

I should have specified in the information I just posted [directions for
using the ComposTumbler (r)], and the recipes, were for a 14-day turnaround
on compost. Do it differently, or keep adding things as you go, or the temp
dips below 40 degrees, and you're going to get slower results.

HTH,

Patricia
Zone 7, West Georgia


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