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02-06-2005, 01:19 AM

Travis wrote:
wrote:

Not sure if I did thing right or wrong. A couple years ago, I tried
to compost thatch. But after one year of having thatch sitting in a
compost pile that I only turn every two weeks or less (and not
enough water), I found that the thatch was not decomposed at all
while the other things like leaves had decomposed. Consequently, I
had to remove all the thatch from the compost piles (to make room
for other stuff). Now, I am selective with what I put into the
compost piles -- no thatch, no tree branches, no bamboo sticks ...
no hard to rot stuff.

I am not saying that you cannot compost thatch. But you may not get
the intended result given the amount of effort that you are willing
to put in, or you may need to intensively turn and water the
compost piles.

Jay Chan

bill wrote:

Rented a power rake yesterday - unbelievable how much thatch was
down there.

Is thatch good for composting?

And, in mixing brown & green: on which side would you count
thatch?

Thanks,
Bill

If you run over the thatch with a bagging lawn mower before you put it
in the compost pile you might be more successful.

Throw in some dirt.