I would like to start composting, but I am confused about the difference between regular composting in a?
compost container, and worm composting. Which is better? What are the pros of a worm composter vs a regular composter.
A regular compost pile is usually full of worms. The worms eat the mostly composted materials and finish the job. A worm cannot eat fresh vegetation. It must be partially composted.
That means that the vegetation you throw in a bucket for the worms will have to stay in the bucket until it is mostly decomposed. A major draw back to worm composting.
The difference between a Compost pile and a container is the heat source. A Compost pile must have a pile of vegetation 3 ft. wide, 3 ft. long and 3 ft. high to build enough heat to start the mold and bacteria decomposition. A Compost container is usually black and absorbs enough heat from the sun to make the molds and bacteria start to work.
How can I know when my compost is fully composted?
My compost pile it all crumbly and looks/ feels like soil. But it smells like boiled spinach and get some dried stems(they are about 3 centimeters long.) in it, other wise its all composted.
Your compost is fully composted, or at least enough that you can use it on your garden now. When it looks like soil instead of like leaves, potato peelings, or whatever you put in there, it’s composted.
