Is it better to keep a compost pile in the sun or in the shade?

Paul Ostrof

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 09:21:04 -0700, Paul Ostrof wrote:

Is it better to keep a compost pile in the sun or in the shade?

Paul Ostrof

You generally want to keep your compost in the sun if you can. Try to
treat your pile as if it were a living plant. Give it water regularly and
air (flipping). Equal amounts of green and brown ( carbon and cellous) and
you'll good compost in no time...
Good luck.

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 12:21:04 -0400, Paul Ostrof wrote:

Is it better to keep a compost pile in the sun or in the shade?

Paul Ostrof


Sun.

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Is it better to keep a compost pile in the sun or in the shade?

Paul Ostrof



Compost piles in the shade tend to get invaded by the roots of the tree that
is providing that shade.

Paul Ostrof said:

Is it better to keep a compost pile in the sun or in the shade?

It's best to keep a compost pile where it's convenient. That's far more
important than the sun or shade issue. Build them right, and they heat
from within.

Tree roots can invade from quite a distance. Once more reason to build
hot pile with some sort of aeration grates underneath.
--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

I do all my composting in shade. It's cooler for me and my compost stays
hot.
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John Wheeler
Washington, DC
USDA Zone 7
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Is it better to keep a compost pile in the sun or in the shade?

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