is the mango for human consumption, no smells travel?

I couldn’t tell how large yours was but you may need more volume

More microbes= more root growth and greater propagation success.

In my experience airflow is not important unless the material is very fine and capable of compacting or if itiss way too wet. Id suspect the C to N ratio assuming it had a good moisture level

You could add air tubes to your stack to add air exposure to the interior of the pile. This is a good way to make a static compost. Very similar to Johnson-Su.

Pipes can be removed after one week to promote more air exchange.

For long term hot compost piles I have found besides the right c to n ratio you need about a two yard pile.

It looks like you're making compost inside of a hoop house. Does your weather get below freezing overnight right now? That could be slowing down the microbial activity.

Besides that possibility, the best way to heat up a compost pile in my experience is to turn it over and add some nitrogen to each layer as you turn it. Green plant waste, urine or animal manure is great.

If you don't have anything like that then you can use a bit of fertilizer or soaked alfalfa pellets (sold in feed stores for animals). This adds to the expense, but it does work really well.

I raise my piles to keep the bottom from getting soggy. The surface area of the bottom is small compared to the rest of it, so I doubt it would make much difference.

This time of year the low ambient temperature is the biggest challenge. The material is going to be cold so the microbes won't be very active, so they won't produce much heat and it never really gets going.

A bigger pile should help because there's more insulation for the center. And it will probably need more nitrogen. I've had good results with a seed meal like cottonseed meal or some cheap cat food sprinkled in between layers every few inches. About 1-2 handfuls each layer depending on how much help I think it needs.

It’s 4.5ft diameter by 3ft tall

Great spot for them Fren 😊

Pretty good chance he doesn’t want the bitcoin and wanted an easy out

How do I hate buggy software. Let me count the ways...

GM

Just trimmed up my fern. I’ve had this for years now, it’s never looked spectacular but it has survived. It’s actually starting to look kinda good.

Looking to repot it sometime soon! Any fern soil tips? #plantstr

Bringing an old old project of mine to the Nostr protocol. Fellow named Charlie Pierce lived in a house he called Arisbe. You know him as the inventor of Pragmatism, which William James lectured about two miles or so from here. #Introductions

Good afternoon,

I had just gotten wss://nostr.fmt.wiz.biz removed, since it currently doesn't work right now, or something's wrong with it and I would need to investigate it.

Despite that, I'm currently working on the #musicstr album to #grownostr on the #music side of things, as per the usual. I'm still open to any musician who used @wavlake.com reaching out and volunteering to this project, but I understand if you want to vet me first and see if I'd be a good fit for associating. That I'm perfectly fine with, and respect with all my heart if you do that.

Keep in mind that I want to do a bossa nova album to help the growth of Nostr for musicians, so this is how I'll do it... simple as that.