Hi all,
I recently got a new fangled composter. Really excited about it. I had it in a mostly shaded location right next to the house until I read about the slight, yet potential fire danger these pose.
I moved it away from the house to the other end of our porch, but now it is in direct sunlight, which feels like more of a fire hazard. I’m in Georgia, and we are in a pretty warm pattern for April, plus a drought.
A brief TMI aside, I’ve got some pretty awful OCD and a good deal of checking behaviors brought about from fire concerns, so while I think that whatever gives me the most peace of mind is ideal, I am interested if I’m fine to just leave it where it is/was.
That said, where should I put this thing? Way out in the yard in the shade of the trees? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!
by gobravos34
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No, but that’ll get messy on your deck, put it on your lawn at the base of it
I would put it in your yard because tumblers can drip compost juice and it’s a little gross, plus, constant drips on a deck aren’t ideal (although in the Georgia summer, I would assume it would dry pretty fast).
One of the downsides of tumblers is that they don’t get nearly as hot as piles, so they take a lot longer to compost. I don’t think a tumbler this size can even get hot enough to combust. You need around a cubic yard for that to be a risk at all, which is about 200 gallons of compost. This one looks like it holds about 40-60 gallons.
ETA: leaving it in the sun is perfectly fine. If anything, it should speed up the process a bit.
That’s how you get pee on your deck.
I’ve never used this specific type of composter, but fwiw I did once have a fairly large pile of mostly grass clippings get hot enough to burn the skin in the center of it.
You’ve got a nice yard. Put it out there! Less gnats and smell and juice on your porch.
Edit for clarity: I meant the skin that was in the center of the pile.