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Common Problems With Composting At Home
from:Composting at home is a great idea. Taking waste products and turning them into usable compost to improve the quality of soil is an ingenious and environmentally responsible way of dealing with the waste you produce. You keep the world a little cleaner, landfills do not have as much unnecessary waste, and you get your own homemade compost. Still with all these advantages, there are some problems that arise with composting at home.
Composting at home is bound to have its problems, but if you learn to identify problems and their possible causes then you can get back on track to productive composting at home in no time. All you have to do is figure out what the problem is and then know what to do next.
What’s That Smell?
What if your compost heap is producing an unpleasant smell? This could be caused by a scarcity of air in your heap or by an overabundance of moisture. If your compost heap is low on air then all you need to do is to turn or fluff the pile to increase the amount of air in the mix. If there is too much moisture then the addition of dry materials should do the trick. They sound like easy solutions, but if your heap starts to smell then you will be glad you know what to do.
Covered In Flies
Another problem of composting at home is when the pile is drawing flies or rodents to it. That means the pile has bones, meat, fatty foods, or other similar ingredients in the mixture. The solution to this is to change the types of materials that you put into the pile. Put the remains of fruits and vegetables into the middle of the compost heap. This should help the situation. You can also put such materials beneath 8 to 10 inches of soil to keep them from drawing in unwanted attention. A final option is to compost these materials in a worm bin.
Slugs
If a pile is infested with slugs then you will want to take out the slugs and their eggs. You may even want to relocate your compost heap. The slugs may have found their way into it from your garden if the two are close together. Separating them may solve this problem. You may even want to erect some sort of barrier to keep the slugs from re-entering your compost heap.
Composting at home is a good idea, but it is not without its potential problems. If, however, you are aware of the potential pitfalls, you can either avoid them before they happen, or you can rectify any situation that arises before it develops into a bigger problem.
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