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"Milner" writes:
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| Thanks for your help! I will do as you say to let them breathe, how long
| might this take before the compost becomes useable? I actually did empty
| one 'damp' bag into a wheelbarrow and took it outside to see if I could make
| it dry out, but unfortunately it started hailing yesterday afternoon :-(

It depends on how thinly it is spread, the temperature and so on.
Hours to weeks - sorry.

| I also have some bags (of a different brand) of manure, which were stored
| below the bags of compost in the large stack, on opening one of these I also
| found it to be very damp and heavy. From what you have said I suspect that
| these have also suffered from poor storage, but I'm not really sure what to
| expect from manure. Would these bags also benefit from emptying into a
| pile? As a matter of fact, would you expect manure to be useful for growing
| compost? My supervisor suggested that nettles would grow well in it because
| of high nitrogen content.

Yes, but it is more the phosphorus than the nitrogen.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.