Here are some common compost problems and suggestions on how to fix them.

Compost not heating up:

1. You may not have enough moisture in your compost. Add water and turn pile.
2. You may not have enough air circulating in your pile. Turn pile.
3. Your compost pile may be too small. Add to pile
4. May not have enough Nitrogen. Add “Greens”- grass clippings, vegetable waste, fruit scraps.

Compost pile smells bad:

1. Your pile may have too much moisture. Turn your pile and add dry material (sawdust, wood chips straw).
2. Your pile could be too packed down. Turn pile to loosen up.

Ammonia smell:

1. May not have enough Carbon. Add “Browns” – (straw, dead leaves, sawdust, wood chips).

Compost pile too hot:

1. Your pile may be too large. Make your pile smaller.
2. Your pile may not have enough air circulation. Turn pile.

Pest problems:

1. You may have the wrong waste in your compost. Remove any meat, dairy products, fish bones, and fats from pile.

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