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Thursday, April 22, 2010
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pumpkin cholo
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Bloomington, IN
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The internal temperature of my humanure compost pile today, 140°F, more than hot enough to kill any would be pathogens. A well maintained humanure compost pile should have no trouble reaching these temperatures. Bear in mind the humanure compost pile is NEVER turned. When a deposit is made into the top center of the pile the material heats up, breaks down, cools off and starts curing and you just keep making deposits on top of the previous deposits. So as the pile builds up a hot layer works its way up too, consuming all the new materials while the older materials are curing below this hot layer. Once the bin is full its allowed to cure for a year while another bin is started.
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