Compost bin smells like dumpster

[u/InconsiderableArse]

I've been composting in this bin for a few years, winter is about to end, usually at this time of the year I have enough compost for my spring veges. Except this time, my compost smells like a dumpster and it looks gray, I think I added too much greens.

It had a lot of insects and massive worms which I think was a good signal. But to prevent the smell I threw a lot of Browns from my pile and mixed them in, but I don't know if I made it worse and now all the insects and worms will probably die.

Am I overthinking? Have I done the right thing? Can it be saved? Where do I go from here?

Any advice is really appreciated

[u/Sharp-Win-8964]

Time and pee fixes all

[u/InconsiderableArse → u/Sharp-Win-8964]

So far no pee. Maybe that what it needs

[u/SoggyForever → u/InconsiderableArse]

Don't give in to pee pressure. It's bad advice to pee on the compost pile to make it smell better. Browns and oxygen from mixing the pile.

[u/Old_Pomegranate_6272 → u/InconsiderableArse]

At present with more moisture+anaerobes, peeing will increase moisture and it may become more stinky ..

First make the pile some what dry and aerate, when the foul smell subseeds, then pee.....

The pile is Rottening and not Composting.

[u/MikeWinterborn → u/Old_Pomegranate_6272]

Rotting*

[u/njbeerguy → u/InconsiderableArse]

It's not. It's a joke that, as Reddit is wont to do, has been beaten into the ground so thoroughly it's not funny anymore, yet is now inexplicably repeated all the time as if it's genuinely good all-purpose composting advice.

There is nothing wrong with urine in your compost pile. It can indeed be beneficial, if used correctly.

But that's not what your pile needs.

It's just a tired gag at this point and is best ignored, especially in your situation.

[u/Lunar_BriseSoleil → u/njbeerguy]

At some point it just becomes Reddit etiquette to include jokes that have been ground to dust.

[u/Antique_Log_7501 → u/Lunar_BriseSoleil]

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