So... say I have a big huge compost heap... say maybe 5 feet tall, doesn't really matter how wide but you know a pile size. Now say I was letting the compost convert itself to compost from manure... eventually all of it becomes good soil from the composting process. But what I'm not sure about is ... how fast its going to go at different parts within the pile. LIke traditionally they say 3 or 4 months is good enough for most of it to convert...
But say I took a 1 foot measurement mark probe into the pile, meaning 1 foot deep... then I took another probe sample at 2 feet deep into the pile, and another at 3 feet deep into near the center and so on... I'm not sure that each of those probe ranges would be progressing at the same speed? In fact, I'm pretty sure they would go at different speeds. And I'm not sure what the ideal depth is for ideal conversion speed? And in theory you'd want to know that because if it were to get slower with more depth then you'd want to be able to break it up into more than 1 pile at that point...
So I hoped other people might have more information on this, and could say something about it?
In theory, you can just give it extra time. You are going to be waiting all winter anyway, and so you can lose some time like 6 or 8 months and be fine since you technically only need to put out the compost soil in the spring... But it would be more useful to know this to have a better idea to be more efficient.
Thank you very much! And yes, I do hope this helps others also.
But say I took a 1 foot measurement mark probe into the pile, meaning 1 foot deep... then I took another probe sample at 2 feet deep into the pile, and another at 3 feet deep into near the center and so on... I'm not sure that each of those probe ranges would be progressing at the same speed? In fact, I'm pretty sure they would go at different speeds. And I'm not sure what the ideal depth is for ideal conversion speed? And in theory you'd want to know that because if it were to get slower with more depth then you'd want to be able to break it up into more than 1 pile at that point...
So I hoped other people might have more information on this, and could say something about it?
In theory, you can just give it extra time. You are going to be waiting all winter anyway, and so you can lose some time like 6 or 8 months and be fine since you technically only need to put out the compost soil in the spring... But it would be more useful to know this to have a better idea to be more efficient.
Thank you very much! And yes, I do hope this helps others also.