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Compost pile

Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:03 am
by deleted-228609
Hi in my experiment I am trying to see if compost can release heat energy. what is the minimum amount of compost I can use to record this.

Re: Compost pile

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 7:11 am
by sunmoonstars
Hi - that's a great question to ask ahead of time before you get to far into your experiment. I did a little checking online and it seems that a compost pile the size of an aquarium (10 gallon) is enough to heat up and form compost... although it could take longer to heat up and take longer for the cdecomposition process to complete.

I hope that helps. Good luck with your project. If you want to read more I used Google to search "temperature of compost pile"

Tonya