Fire won’t start at 180, I’ve decontaminated goods at 180-200. Maybe fire starts over 250-300’ish. Not sure.
keysgoclick
It probably won’t, it will just consume the nutrients and start cooling off again. I’ve had mine that higher a few times and nothing more than some steam early in the morning.
frog-and-cranberries
I’ll admit I’m paranoid about spontaneous combustion, so if this was my pile, I’d be removing the tarp, spreading it out, and giving it some good ventilation. Watering it to a nice even moisture, then pile it back up again and monitor the temp.
gordooo305
Damn my pile is cold asf i wish
sittingaround1
Wow
MobileElephant122
At the point of spontaneous combustion
taisui
I thought high temp will kill off the microbes?
RedSpud03
You need to pee on it first
decomposition_
Fahrenheit 451 for the temperature paper burns at, I don’t know any other combustion temps off the top of my head 😂 I think you’ll be fine as long as you hold off on adding new greens for a little bit. Maybe start a mini pile next to it and combine them once the temperature cools off 10-25 degrees
Drinks_From_Firehose
That is too hot, and it’s leading to the collapse of the microbiome. You should consider turning it and ensure it’s not too wet.
NewManitobaGarden
My pile is 60
CraftyAd5340
Fun fact: natural organic reduction (human composting) requires 72 hours at 170 or above to kill disease.
Puzzleheaded-Mix-157
The spontaneous ignition of compost is a concern not because of the ignition point of paper. Piles that hot are likely to have anaerobic pockets. One of the byproducts of anaerobic fermentation is ethanol. Ethanol has a flash point of 55 F, meaning above 55 degrees F all it would take is a spark for ethanol to ignite. So the risk is that in a pile that gets that hot ethanol vapors may ignite if there’s is some static and the pile, which has likely dried out in many areas because of how hot it’s gotten will burn.
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Almost 180! That’s incredible decomposition. 🤘
Fire won’t start at 180, I’ve decontaminated goods at 180-200. Maybe fire starts over 250-300’ish. Not sure.
It probably won’t, it will just consume the nutrients and start cooling off again. I’ve had mine that higher a few times and nothing more than some steam early in the morning.
I’ll admit I’m paranoid about spontaneous combustion, so if this was my pile, I’d be removing the tarp, spreading it out, and giving it some good ventilation. Watering it to a nice even moisture, then pile it back up again and monitor the temp.
Damn my pile is cold asf i wish
Wow
At the point of spontaneous combustion
I thought high temp will kill off the microbes?
You need to pee on it first
Fahrenheit 451 for the temperature paper burns at, I don’t know any other combustion temps off the top of my head 😂 I think you’ll be fine as long as you hold off on adding new greens for a little bit. Maybe start a mini pile next to it and combine them once the temperature cools off 10-25 degrees
That is too hot, and it’s leading to the collapse of the microbiome. You should consider turning it and ensure it’s not too wet.
My pile is 60
Fun fact: natural organic reduction (human composting) requires 72 hours at 170 or above to kill disease.
The spontaneous ignition of compost is a concern not because of the ignition point of paper. Piles that hot are likely to have anaerobic pockets. One of the byproducts of anaerobic fermentation is ethanol. Ethanol has a flash point of 55 F, meaning above 55 degrees F all it would take is a spark for ethanol to ignite. So the risk is that in a pile that gets that hot ethanol vapors may ignite if there’s is some static and the pile, which has likely dried out in many areas because of how hot it’s gotten will burn.