[compost_tea] Re: compost moisture

From: dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 05:30:08 -0000

--Nevermind I recall overnite is 16 hours. Dennis





 In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "dkemnitz2000" <dkemnitz2000_at_y...>
wrote:
> --- At 105C for one hour I got 25.4% moisture average of duplicate
> samples. I'll run it tomorrow evening at 80F.What does overnite
> mean something like 8 hours? Dennis
>
>
>
> In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, soilfoodweb_at_a... wrote:
> > 80 F overnight. The older books used 105 for 18 to 24 hours, but
> that's out-of-date.
> >
> > Too high a temperature, and you volatilize carbon, N, other
> nutrients.
> >
> > Elaine Ingham
> > President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
> > SFI Corvallis, OR
> > SFI Port Jefferson, NY
> > SFI Lismore, NSW, Australia
> > SFI Hilversum, The Netherlands
> > SFI Cambridge, New Zealand
> > http://www.soilfoodweb.com



 
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