What are compost accelerators (or activators) and do you need to add them in composting? You do not need to add commercial compost accelerators when HOTBIN composting. Save your money – there are plenty of FREE, natural compost accelerators. Most commercial accelerators (or activators) do not list what they contain ...
Read More »Everything you need to know about worms in your HOTBIN!
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WORMS IN YOUR HOTBIN! I have Worms in my HOTBIN, is this OK? Yes. If you have worms in your HOTBIN there is no need to worry, equally if you have none there is no need to worry. Worms are not needed in the ...
Read More »Hot Composting on an allotment – worth it? Benefits
Allotment Owners & Hot Composting – Worth it or not? Many allotment owners reading our blog will already be keen composters. A good few of you will have your own compost recipes and secret additions all aimed at getting top quality homemade ‘black gold’ to help grow your fruit and vegetables. ...
Read More »Is your HOTBIN compost good, bad or fabulous?
It could be any of these! Even if your compost looks brown, at one extreme compost can be harmful to plants, at the other, it is nature’s best growing medium. Not all ‘compost’ is the same and you need to know what you have before spreading it on your garden. ...
Read More »HOTBIN investigates an interesting composting method
We had an interesting question come in last week! Was Black Soldier Fly (BSF) composting the most efficient composting system ever? After many years in composting, we had not come across BSF before, intrigue and a hint of competiveness that any system might be better than the HOTBIN, we did ...
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