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compost looks wet or has odors, then add more pellets and leave for an
additional 24 hours.
Continue to check on the compost in the upper chamber, add more
pellets as needed.
After 3-4 days if the compost in the upper mixing chamber looks like
compost and seems to be a good consistency then your cultures are
starting to populate the composter unit.
At the end of the first 7 days, if the upper mixing chamber looks like
soil, you can transfer to the lower cure tray.
With the initial setup phase, your flappers may open causing some
items to fall to the lower chamber. If this happens, simply remove them
from the lower tray and reintroduce them into the upper mixing
chamber.
This may occur while the mixing chamber is empty or lightly filled.
Once the mixing chamber is full, there will be enough weight in the
system to prevent the flappers from allowing large items to fall to the
bottom.
Once you complete your first successful transfer, you can start to intro-
duce pet waste into the top mixing chamber.
We do recommend putting food scraps in with the pet waste and
beyondGREEN compostable bags to make a good green and brown
ratio.
It is best to practice leaving the unit in ‘PET MODE’ anytime there is pet
waste involved. The pet waste needs to reside in temperatures between
131
o
F-160
o
F to kill off bacteria and pathogens.
