Cedar Grove Compost

[blazesck]

I live about 5 minutes away from one of the Cedar Grove facilities. Their stuff seems to be pretty good, it's definitely got the smell of good compost. I put about 3 yards of their Vegetable Soil Mix into a raised bed I built, mixed 50/50 with sifted native soil. All my vegetables seem to like it except the broccoli, it's not doing too great. It's only about 25 dollars a yard though so if you live near one of their facilities definitely consider picking some up.

 

[GoneRooty]

Vermicomposting on a commercial scale handle meat, fish, dairy with no problem.

Unless I'm mistaken, Cedar Grove doesn't do vermicomposting, just large scale compost piles. I'm sure there are some worms in the piles to an extent, but as far as I know its just a giant compost pile that they turn.

 

[CT Guy]

Unless I'm mistaken, Cedar Grove doesn't do vermicomposting, just large scale compost piles. I'm sure there are some worms in the piles to an extent, but as far as I know its just a giant compost pile that they turn.

This is my understanding as well. As far as a cheap filler product for your yard or garden, I think it makes sense, but for your most important plants???

 

[GoneRooty]

I also read on their website that they compost at 150*F for 3 weeks, so I'm wondering if that's enough time to compost a big cities worth of meats and dairy? Or do you think they probably screen out a lot of half composted meats and stuff?

 

[CC_2U]

I also read on their website that they compost at 150*F for 3 weeks, so I'm wondering if that's enough time to compost a big cities worth of meats and dairy? Or do you think they probably screen out a lot of half composted meats and stuff?

GR

That wouldn't surprise me at all - then sell it to the hog farms around the Northwest.

CC

 

[Microbeman]

The one thing I don't like about the bottom harvest flow through worm bins is that the material is not 'force' exposed or fed to the worms. The advantage to this is the worms re-digest their own cast making it very humus like. I tend to expose my material to the worms in our windrow and bins for 8 to 9 months.

 

[Scrappy4]

I tend to expose my material to the worms

Whatever you crazy cannuks do in your own privacy is alright with me man, more power to ya..........scrappy