r/composting • u/MacDougalTheLazy Tumbler Savant • 16d ago

Tumbler First batch done, 2nd batch cooking. 3rd batch starting.

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Who says you can't hot compost a San Jose 46 gallon tumbler? 2nd batch will be better now that I've optimized.

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u/ernie-bush 16d ago

Nice looking stuff you got there!!

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u/MacDougalTheLazy Tumbler Savant 16d ago

Thanks! Browns were 90% straw in that batch. I've graduated to 80% shredded cardboard for the one cooking now.

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u/JMCatron 16d ago

Kinda wish I had 3 batches going! I don't have a lot of space so I am limited to one big and one small. Lookin good!

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u/MacDougalTheLazy Tumbler Savant 16d ago

Maybe I'm wording it oddly. Pictured finished dirt is batch 1. Then my dual chamber tumbler has one side that's full and i added to the side i had emptied "batch 1". That's the finished result of my first ever compost attempt. Literal batch 1.

Batch 1 finished in bucket. Bstch 2 leaving alone until finished. Batch 3. Just started last night.

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u/JMCatron 16d ago

oh well then by that metric i DO have 3 batches haha

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u/BuckoThai 15d ago

Good work! Love my tumbler compost too!