Comments on: Compact ComposTumbler http://composterreviews.com/compact-compostumbler/ Compost Tumbler and Compost Bin Reviews Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:29:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Lottie Addis http://composterreviews.com/compact-compostumbler/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Lottie Addis Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:29:34 +0000 http://composterreviews.com/?p=167#comment-22 The gears keep slipping. What can I do for this. Also the rod inside is corroding, can it be replaced. Love the product but can use some help with my situation. Please reply, as soon as possible. The gears keep slipping. What can I do for this. Also the rod inside is corroding, can it be replaced. Love the product but can use some help with my situation. Please reply, as soon as possible.

]]> By: Gerald Rover http://composterreviews.com/compact-compostumbler/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Gerald Rover Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:14:04 +0000 http://composterreviews.com/?p=167#comment-17 I've adjusted my composting recipe a bit and am now producing really good compost with this compost tumbler. I was using too much newspaper before. I mixed in more sawdust and it's a lot better. Pros: This compost tumbler really blends into our yard and does work really quickly. I had a 20 degree change in the core temperature recently. In less than 2 weeks after starting to use this compost tumbler, I had compost that I put on my garden and I also got alot of compost tea to use. It's easy to spin the tumbler. Cons: Although it isn't so bad when you're filling the tumbler - and you have to really FILL it to get it to work within 2 weeks - but when it's time to get the finished compost out it's a bit of a pain. the height is not good for dumping so you really have to use a shovel, which can be a bit of work. We figured out that dumping the compost into a concrete mixing tray worked really well for us. With the resulting compost, our tomatoes and peppers and zucchini were very happy. i think i hit the spagetti squash with too much tea though. i dont think i diluted it enough. It's very powerful and needs some dilution this item is expensive but if you're serious about composting it really does the job. It is easy to assemble, and there was more plastic than i was expecting but it seems like it will last if you take care of it and don't throw it around. I’ve adjusted my composting recipe a bit and am now producing really good compost with this compost tumbler. I was using too much newspaper before. I mixed in more sawdust and it’s a lot better.

Pros: This compost tumbler really blends into our yard and does work really quickly. I had a 20 degree change in the core temperature recently. In less than 2 weeks after starting to use this compost tumbler, I had compost that I put on my garden and I also got alot of compost tea to use. It’s easy to spin the tumbler.

Cons: Although it isn’t so bad when you’re filling the tumbler – and you have to really FILL it to get it to work within 2 weeks – but when it’s time to get the finished compost out it’s a bit of a pain. the height is not good for dumping so you really have to use a shovel, which can be a bit of work. We figured out that dumping the compost into a concrete mixing tray worked really well for us.

With the resulting compost, our tomatoes and peppers and zucchini were very happy. i think i hit the spagetti squash with too much tea though. i dont think i diluted it enough. It’s very powerful and needs some dilution

this item is expensive but if you’re serious about composting it really does the job. It is easy to assemble, and there was more plastic than i was expecting but it seems like it will last if you take care of it and don’t throw it around.

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