Comments on: Test Piles http://www.o2compost.com/blog/2007/09/27/test-piles/ Successful Manure & Waste Management Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:18:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: kathy katz http://www.o2compost.com/blog/2007/09/27/test-piles/#comment-161 kathy katz Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:36:04 +0000 http://www.o2compost.com/blog/?p=21#comment-161 Ok Peter, thanks for the reply. On to the next question. while the horse manure accumulates the fly situation the first few days is THE problem, here in southern California. Any clues? It isn't the compsting tinme that is the fly problem, but the first three or four days. Even if I cover the manure it develops flies. I do not want to spray with chemicals. Is there nothing to be done?Is there no natural way to knock down or control flies before the compost gets going? Ok Peter, thanks for the reply. On to the next question. while the horse manure accumulates the fly situation the first few days is THE problem, here in southern California. Any clues? It isn’t the compsting tinme that is the fly problem, but the first three or four days. Even if I cover the manure it develops flies. I do not want to spray with chemicals. Is there nothing to be done?Is there no natural way to knock down or control flies before the compost gets going?

]]> By: peter http://www.o2compost.com/blog/2007/09/27/test-piles/#comment-93 peter Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:05:04 +0000 http://www.o2compost.com/blog/?p=21#comment-93 Sweet PDZ is an inert mineral (Zeolite) and should have no effect on worm health. Our objective with composting is for the pile temperatures to exceed 131 degrees F for at least 3-days. These temperatures are much too hot for worms to survive, and therefore it is best to introduce the worms after the pile has begun the secondary curing phase at lower temperatures. Sweet PDZ is an inert mineral (Zeolite) and should have no effect on worm health.

Our objective with composting is for the pile temperatures to exceed 131 degrees F for at least 3-days. These temperatures are much too hot for worms to survive, and therefore it is best to introduce the worms after the pile has begun the secondary curing phase at lower temperatures.

]]> By: kathy katz http://www.o2compost.com/blog/2007/09/27/test-piles/#comment-89 kathy katz Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:55:38 +0000 http://www.o2compost.com/blog/?p=21#comment-89 will sweet pdz hurt the worms that I compost with now? As long as the top 6" of compost doesn't get too hot, will the O2 method work with my worms? will sweet pdz hurt the worms that I compost with now? As long as the top 6″ of compost doesn’t get too hot, will the O2 method work with my worms?

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