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Old 13-07-2011, 04:54 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Dave Liquorice[_2_] Dave Liquorice[_2_] is offline
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Default What temperature .......

On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:12:18 +0100, Mike wrote:

.... does a Compost Bin/Heap need to operate at to kill weed seeds? Ours
is at 120 degrees at the moment. Hot enough?


120 degrees what?

Kelvin - frozen to death but things can survive freezing.
Fahrenheit - that is quite warm might kill most things.
Centigrade - pressurised compost bin or just extremely dry?

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