Compost Maturation?
The second phase in composting is thelow temperature, slow maturation phase. The material from your HotBox can go into your home composter bin for this. After two months, you will have produced an excellent mulch which should be raked around your plants to hold moisture, suppress weeds and build up the soil fertility. This is not yet compost as it still contains ammonia and nitrite compounds which in a potting mixtureare very phyto-toxic.So long as you keep the material in your composter aerobic [sweet-smelling], mature, stable compostcan be made in 6 months .
