Re: curing compost
At 8:51 AM -0700 4/26/00, LEE,ANGELA IUE-CHIH wrote:
>> >>So--it's a good thing to let compost cure. My question is: how? covered or
>> >>not? I have a heap, still full of worms. So, Moira says, it's not ready.
>> >>It's now covered by a tarp and in the shape of a hill. There's not a whole
>> >>lot there - maybe a few cubic feet's worth.
>> >>
>> >>Barbara
>>
>> Barbara:
>>
>
>Hi Barbara,
>
>What does curing compost mean?
>
>I recently worked my compost into the veggie beds. Loads of worms and big
>grubs (which I picked out and offered to the scrub jays) in the bin and
>the compost
>looked a lot like dark dirt but a bit fluffier. The compost matched the
>the descriptions in books for finished compost but was this too soon to
>have used it?
Hi Angela,
That's exactly what I've been trying to find out. There seems to be some
disagreement in the group about whether compost should be used when there
are still worms in it and I've gathered that "curing" compost means letting
it sit there. But for how long? Moira has said that if there are worms in
it it's not ready to use. Others do use it that way.
Barbara
