Do Not Put These Materials
In Your ComposTumbler
Meat
Fish
Dairy products
Sauces
Oil
Fat
Pet waste
Diseased plants
Seedling weeds
Bones
It is not required that you chop or shred the materials you
put into your Back Porch ComposTumbler. However, if you
don’t, you can expect the materials to take considerably longer
to compost. The smaller the materials, the faster they will
decompose in the composting process.
It is important to remember to keep the balance between
green and brown materials to at least a 50/50 percent mix. If
you add a bag full of green kitchen throw outs you should add
some brown material. This balance is an integral factor in the
composting process.
If you are adding equal, small amounts of throw outs your unit
may not fill up but rather become your bottomless garbage
pail. However, if your unit does fill up or if you want to get fin-
ished compost before it fills up, it is necessary to stop adding
materials so that the unit can finish off the existing materials.
The time it takes for the load to finish is dependent upon the
green/brown ratio you have been maintaining, the volume of
the material in the unit, whether you have been chopping up
the materials before adding them, and the moisture content of
the materials. Your load could take between four to six weeks
to finish from that point.
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Balance of Green and
Brown Materials
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