Watch as Rob tears apart a compost pile and build it back again to oxygenate it. In the video, I speak about carbon to nitrogen ratios that you need in order to get a fungal dominate pile. Increasing the carbon ratio also makes, making compost easier as it needs less flipping. Generally I try and shoot for a carbon to nitrogen ratio of 40:1 as a good rule of thumb. One of the other advantages of a high carbon ratio is that it has a much lower chance of going anaerobic and smelling bad.




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