Hi all, I've had a read of the forum and I'm not clear on what the advice is in my situation - apologies if I've missed the answer on another post!
We got our hotbin last autumn, and have struggled over the winter to get it up to the right temperature. We put in the container full of hot water to accelerate it, which worked until we accidentally punctured it with the themometer - oops! But it has been down below 20 degrees since Christmas.
We opened up the bottom yesterday, and it is smelly, not compost-like at all and seems rotten.
I think from reading we've made a few mistakes - too much wet waste and not enough dry bulking agent, plus the little hole at the top accidentally was closed for a while. We did put in a mesh of twigs in the bottom section, so while brown liquid is leaking out, I think there is quite a lot of air getting in there. I think we have a better idea of what to do to make it run properly.
My question is: what do I do with the waste in it? Is it salvagable, or should I throw it all out and start again with new waste?
I have attached a photo so you can see what it looks like.
Many thanks
We got our hotbin last autumn, and have struggled over the winter to get it up to the right temperature. We put in the container full of hot water to accelerate it, which worked until we accidentally punctured it with the themometer - oops! But it has been down below 20 degrees since Christmas.
We opened up the bottom yesterday, and it is smelly, not compost-like at all and seems rotten.
I think from reading we've made a few mistakes - too much wet waste and not enough dry bulking agent, plus the little hole at the top accidentally was closed for a while. We did put in a mesh of twigs in the bottom section, so while brown liquid is leaking out, I think there is quite a lot of air getting in there. I think we have a better idea of what to do to make it run properly.
My question is: what do I do with the waste in it? Is it salvagable, or should I throw it all out and start again with new waste?
I have attached a photo so you can see what it looks like.
Many thanks
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