On 21/08/2020 10:11, Pwllgloyw wrote:
Since I downsized garden, I only have 1 Dalek that I use for garden
waste etc. Grass cuttings have been excluded because of volume and go to
the council recycling tip.

I have just been given a second Dalek, and wondered if I could dedicate
this just to grass cuttings - probably with shredded paper between it as
I used to do in my old large mixed content compost heaps.

I have never bothered with messing about adding paper to mine. I might
put any prunings on before the next grass cut so that they get the full
benefit of a hot heap but I found that provided I was adding a cubic
metre of stuff at a time it really didn't matter that much. It would be
warm the next day and mad hot the day after that with a funny short
chain fatty acid smell that is distinctive and borderline unpleasant.

A couple of times have had it smouldering internally!

Would this work? or would it just result in a solid soggy mess! I would
probably only want to empty it once a year at most - depending on what
it produces.

It might fill up a bit too quickly.

What seems to be a disaster is a small amount of grass clippings weekly
that inevitably turn into a disgusting green slime. Garotta or similar
will help a smaller pile but small heaps never really get hot.

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Regards,
Martin Brown